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Meet the Democratic Candidates Running for President in 2020_  by [Lissandra Villa](https://time.com/author/lissandra-villa/)  ## Lissandra Villa Jan 2, 2020 1:29 PM UTC Meet the Democratic Candidates Running for President in 2020  by [Lissandra Villa](https://time.com/author/lissandra-villa/)  ## Lissandra Villa Jan 2, 2020 1:29 PM UTC Senator [Bernie Sanders](https://time.com/longform/bernie-sanders-2020/) announced Thursday that his fourth quarter fundraising haul came to $34.5 million dollars, a massive sum that — barring major surprises — is likely to be the biggest from any Democratic presidential candidate for the final three months of 2019. It’s a show of force for Sanders, who had a strong end to the year despite his [heart attack](https://time.com/5690996/bernie-sanders-stent-artery-campaign/) in early October. For context, his own third quarter fundraising haul came to more than $25 million. Most other Democratic presidential primary candidates have yet to announce how much they raised for the quarter, but [former South Bend, Ind. Mayor](https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1212521057632051200) Pete Buttigieg’s campaign has said his donations came in totaling $24.7 million. Businessman Andrew Yang announced a fourth quarter total of $16.5 million on Thursday morning. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has yet to release her final 2019 fundraising numbers, but announced a $20 million goal for the end of the year. Sanders “is proving each and every day that working class Americans are ready and willing to fully fund a campaign that stands up for them and takes on the biggest corporations and the wealthy,” campaign manager Faiz Shakir said in a statement. “You build a grassroots movement to beat Donald Trump and create a political revolution one $18 donation at a time, and that’s exactly why Bernie is going to win.” The campaign said that December was the campaign’s best fundraising month to date since Sanders launched his campaign in February, noting that more than $18 million came in that month alone. Sanders has also, the campaign announced Wednesday, received more than five million individual contributions, “more contributions than any campaign has received at this point in a presidential election in the history of our country,” the campaign said in a note to supporters sent out in the new year. The Sanders campaign has long boasted a loyal following, but it also announced on Thursday that nearly 300,000 new donors gave to the campaign in the fourth quarter, with more than 40,000 donors coming in on the final day. **Read more:** [_Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Is Looking Strong. But Can He Grow His Base?_](https://time.com/5711364/bernie-sanders-iowa-grow-base/) Though it is unclear how much money Sanders has on hand, weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses, he is sitting strong in fundraising and continuing to poll consistently as a front runner. His grassroots fundraising also continues to be enviable: The campaign announced his average donation for the quarter was $18.53, and added that 99.9 percent of its donors have not maxed out and can contribute again. Earlier this week, Sanders also released three letters from medical professionals stating that he is in good health for the presidency should he win it, though he has yet to release full medical records. One of the letters said Sanders is “in good health currently,” and gave further insight into the Senator’s recent heart attack, noting that he’d undergone further consultation and found to be fit to return to “vigorous activity without limitation.” At 78, Sanders faced scrutiny following the medical emergency. Nonetheless, his campaign leveraged his return to the campaign trail [as a comeback](https://time.com/5701745/bernie-sanders-debate-health/), and he’s enjoyed high profile support from the likes of [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](https://time.com/5723329/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bernie-sanders/) to Ariana Grande. ## Transcript [00:01] Democrats are lining up to run against Donald Trump. [00:03] [ MUSIC ] [00:08] With the 2020 election still a ways away, an unusually [00:11] large number of candidates have announced they are [00:12] running or hinted strongly that they will. Here's a look [00:15] at some of the major names who have joined the race [00:17] so far. [ MUSIC ] [00:20] As a law professor, Warren helped create the [00:22] Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Before joining [00:25] the Senate in 2012. She's long advocated for tougher [00:28] rules on banks and corporations and pocketbook [00:31] issues like student loan reform. A [00:35] former member of the House from upstate New York, [00:37] Gillibrand has moved to the left since taking Hillary [00:39] Clinton's old Senate seat in 2009. In announcing her [00:42] run, she cited her experience as a young mom. A [00:48] former state legislator and US representative, Brown [00:50] has represented Ohio in the Senate since 2006. He will [00:54] be pushing a brand of Midwestern liberalism that [00:56] mixes Trump's skepticism of trade agreements with [00:59] Warren's concerns about Wall Street. An [01:03] Iraq veteran and former state lawmaker, Gabbard was [01:05] the first Hindu elected to Congress. But her past [01:08] opposition to gay marriage and interactions with Syrian [01:10] dictator Bashar al- Assad make her a long shot in the [01:13] Democratic primary. [ MUSIC ] [01:16] The former mayor of San Antonio and Housing and [01:19] Urban Development secretary, Castro has an unusual [01:21] resume for a presidential candidate. But he believes [01:23] his arguments on hot- button issues like immigration [01:26] can help him break out. [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5757711/bernie-sanders-34-million-q4-fundraising/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5757711/bernie-sanders-34-million-q4-fundraising/"},"headline":"Sanders Campaign Announces $34.5M in Fourth Quarter Donations, Touts 5 Million Individual Contributions","datePublished":"2020-01-02T13:29:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-14T08:50:51.363Z","description":"The massive sum is a show of force for Sen. 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