Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) raised $1 million in the hours after he launched a 2020 bid for the White House, his campaign said on Tuesday.
The fundraising announcement came just 3 1/2 hours after Sanders announced that he was mounting a second bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The $1 million haul is made up of donations from people in all 50 states, his campaign said. The early number puts him on track to surpass the $1.5 million his campaign raised in the first 24 hours after announcing his first White House run in 2015.Another 2020 contender, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), raked in the same amount — $1.5 million — in the 24 hours after announcing her candidacy last month.
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