The milestone further solidifies Warrenâs standing as a top fundraiser after a slow first three months in the presidential race, during which she raised just $6 million. Despite having sworn off private fundraisers, Warren raised $19.2 million in the second quarter, placing her behind only Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, and former Vice President Joe Biden during that period.
Warren posted a video Friday that showed her calling the supporter who made the millionth contribution. âIâm calling to say a double woo-hoo thank you!â she said. âThis is how weâre going to do it.â
In an email the campaign sent to supporters about the accomplishment, Warrenâs campaign manager, Roger Lau, described her presidential bid as a â100 percent people-powered campaign.â
Sanders announced that he had crossed the million-donation threshold in April, and his campaign said Friday that it had reached 2 million donations July 11. He has raised $36.2 million this cycle, more than Warrenâs $25.2 million total. But his haul in the second quarter, $18 million, was slightly less than Warrenâs in that period, which ran from April through June.
Attracting small donations from a large number of individuals has taken on even greater importance this cycle as the Democratic National Committee has made grassroots fundraising a qualification standard for the debates. To earn a spot on the debate stage in September, candidates must have received donations from at least 130,000 unique contributors, a bar that, as of Friday morning, only eight of the 24 candidates had met, according to a New York Times analysis.
Warrenâs campaign did not specify how many individuals had made donations this cycle, only that 1 million donations were made overall.
Warren will be onstage next to Sanders in the Democratic primary debate next week. The two candidates, the leading progressives in the field, debated on separate nights last month.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.