How Sturdy Is the Kamala Harris Surge?

5. Pete Buttigieg

More like Mayor Sweet* (*as in sweet, sweet cash)!

Buttigieg announced Monday that he’d raised $24.8 million in the quarter that just ended, a number that was higher than Biden’s and Sanders’ and seems likely to be higher than Warren’s, given that she doesn’t do big-donor fundraisers. (Harris does hold fundraisers, but until last week Mayor Pete’s campaign had more buzz around it than hers, so it’d be a surprise if she tops him.) Post-debate, Buttigieg is in a clear fifth place in the polls, but the money means he’ll have the ability to stick around to take advantage if and when Harris, who for the moment has passed him in the “up-and-comer who’s progressive but not too progressive” lane, has any further stumbles along the lines of her ongoing “for eliminating private health insurance before she was against it before she was for it before she was against it” cycle.

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