Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren’s finance director is leaving the campaign after a clash over the Massachusetts senator’s decision not to take money from wealthy donors during the primaries.
Michael Pratt is slowly making his way out of the role after Warren made the decision, which he reportedly advised her against.
An aide for the Warren campaign told CNN on Sunday that Pratt is “still a consultant but winding things down and transitioning out since we made the decision not to have (Warren) do high dollar events.”
Warren announced in February that she would not be hosting or attending exclusive fundraisers for her campaign, hoping to highlight her policy positions and travel more to solicit money from smaller, individual donors.
With the first quarter fundraising deadline coming to a close, the large, and growing, number of Democratic candidates are working hard to draw in donations. Fundraising is key to a Democratic candidate making it to the debate stage. The Democratic National Committee said candidates with 65,000 unique donors can debate, clearing the way for lesser-known figures to have a platform.
Warren is currently in fifth place among Democratic primary candidates with 5.7 percent support according to a RealClearPolitics average of polls.
