Klobuchar's 2020 campaign says it raised $5.2 million

Her total, for the first quarter of the year, puts her well short of the strongest fundraisers in the Democratic field.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont leads the field with a total of $18.2 million raised in the first quarter, his campaign said last week. Sen. Kamala Harris of California raised $12 million, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas raised $9.4 million, and Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, raised more than $7 million, according to announcements from their campaigns.

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said Sunday that he had raised more than $5 million since the beginning of February. Another Democratic candidate, Andrew Yang, a New York businessman, said last week that he had raised more than $1.7 million in the quarter.

Klobuchar’s campaign said its average online donation was $40, and that 85 percent of all contributors gave less than $100.

Not all of the money raised by Klobuchar is available to her during this phase of the presidential race. Candidates can collect a maximum of $2,800 from each individual donor for the primary and another $2,800 for the general election, but general election funds cannot be spent on expenses for the primary.

Klobuchar has solicited both primary and general election donations at fundraising events, requesting up to $5,600 per donor, meaning that some portion of what she has raised cannot currently be used.

Harris, Buttigieg and Booker did not solicit general election donations in the first quarter, according to their campaigns. Sanders and O’Rourke did not hold fundraising events in the quarter, relying on online donations, their campaigns have said.

Like other presidential contenders who have run for federal office before, Klobuchar is able to make use of funds she raised as a candidate in the past — in her case, from her Senate campaign account. Her presidential campaign said that she transferred more than $3 million from her Senate campaign, and that her presidential campaign had $7 million in cash on hand at the end of the quarter.

Presidential candidates must disclose their first-quarter fundraising to the Federal Election Commission by April 15, but some campaigns reveal some information about their fundraising before the deadline.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.