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That is considerably less than others among the more than 15
Democrats who have announced they are running for the party's
nomination.
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California raised $12 million in
the first three months of 2019 while Pete Buttigieg, the mayor
of South Bend, Indiana, who recently saw a bump in opinion polls
but is still considered a long-shot, announced Monday that he
had raised $7 million.
Beto O'Rourke, a former U.S congressman from Texas, raised $9.4
million in the first 18 days of his bid for the presidency, his
campaign said. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders raised $5.9 million
in the first day after announcing his candidacy, and later
disclosed he had raised $10 million in a week.
Fundraising has become an early way to prove to donors and
potential supporters that a candidate is viable.
Donations to Booker averaged about $34, with 82 percent of the
donors new supporters of the candidate, spokeswoman Sabrina
Singh said on Twitter.
Candidates are required by law to report all campaign donations,
and cannot accept more than $2,800 from a single donor during
the primary race.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has said that her campaign would
not hold any formal fundraising events and instead rely solely
on "small-dollar" donations, or contributions collected online.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
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