Pete Buttigieg seizes on top-tier status by raising $24.8 million in the second quarter of 2019
The South Bend, Indiana, mayor enters the third quarter of the year with $22.6 million cash on hand, campaign press secretary Chris Meagher said, and the campaign's donor base has grown to 400,000 total unique donors for the entire campaign, with 230,000 new in the second quarter. Buttigieg's average contribution size for the cycle is $47.42, the aide added.The sizable amount, more than triple his first quarter take, did not come easily.
A host of top Buttigieg donors who have been in regular contact with the campaign told CNN in June that they expected the mayor to raise more than $15 million in the second quarter.The Buttigieg campaign set a goal of $15 million -- just more than double the $7 million it raised in the first quarter -- at the start of April, according to a source familiar with the strategy.
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