--- ---  # Bernie Sanders Just Broke His Latest Fundraising Record  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 1, 2016 2:54 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally on March 13, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally on March 13, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri.Whitney Curtis—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 1, 2016 2:54 PM UTC [Bernie Sanders](https://twitter.com/SenSanders?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) just broke his monthly fundraising record, raking in more than $44 million in donations in March. According to a [press release](https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-monster-march/) from the campaign, the new March total breaks Sanders’ previous record total in February, which was $43.5 million. The Vermont Senator’s total for the first quarter of 2016 is now $109 million. His campaign has received 6.5 million contributions from 2 million donors. Sanders out-raised rival and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in both January and February. She has not yet made her March fundraising totals public. Bernie Sanders Just Broke His Latest Fundraising Record ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4279143/bernie-sanders-breaks-fundraising-record/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4279143/bernie-sanders-breaks-fundraising-record/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders Just Broke His Latest Fundraising Record","datePublished":"2016-04-01T14:54:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:24:16.098Z","description":"He raised more than $44 million in March","url":"https://time.com/4279143/bernie-sanders-breaks-fundraising-record/","keywords":["Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt481c3643db63a3c7/69888ad3f887dc2b4fe9503e/515410404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt481c3643db63a3c7/69888ad3f887dc2b4fe9503e/515410404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bernie Sanders Holds Campaign Rally At St. Louis Area High School","caption":"Bernie Sanders Holds Campaign Rally At St. Louis Area High School","creditText":"Whitney Curtis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/bernie-sanders/","name":"Bernie Sanders"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4279143/bernie-sanders-breaks-fundraising-record/","name":"Bernie Sanders Just Broke His Latest Fundraising Record"}}]}] ```