Hillary Clinton raised $29.5 million in March, her campaign announced Monday, putting her behind Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, who raised $44 million during the month.
The former secretary of state’s March haul came up slightly short of the $30 million she raised in February, but left her campaign with $29 million on hand to start April. She raised $75 million for the first quarter.
The campaign raised an additional $6.1 million for the Democratic National Committee and state parties, bringing their total to $15 million for the first quarter.
The Clinton campaign reported that more than 50 percent of the money donated came from online grassroots donations and that Hillary for America has received donations from more than one million people.
“By making smart investments and beating our first-quarter fundraising goal by nearly 50 percent, we’ve been able to build a nearly insurmountable pledged delegate lead and earned 2.5 million more votes than our opponent,” said Hillary for America Campaign Manager Robby Mook. “As Hillary Clinton has progressed through the primary, we’ve seen a surge of grassroots support across the country and are thrilled that we now have more than one million contributors to this campaign, most of whom have given less than $100.”
By contrast, Sanders’ $44 million in contributions came from more than 1.7 million supporters, bringing the Vermont senator’s total number of financial contributors to 6.5 million.
Clinton and Sanders will face off in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday.
