Booker campaign says it raised more than $5 million in first quarter

Sen. Cory Booker‘s (D-N.J.) 2020 presidential campaign raised more than $5 million in the first quarter of 2019, according to an email it sent to supporters on Sunday.

The campaign added that 82 percent of the donors were first-time contributors to Booker, that the average online contribution was $34 and that the campaign now has $6.1 million in cash on hand. 

NEW: In email to supporters, @corybooker says in the 2 months after becoming a candidate for president on 2/1, Cory 2020 has raised over $5 million. We will report over $6.1 million COH. pic.twitter.com/JySjhJlwHS

— Sabrina Singh (@sabrinasingh24) April 7, 2019

{mosads}Booker’s haul puts him behind those of several of his competitors, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Sanders led the field by raising $18.2 million in the first quarter, followed by Harris at $12 million, O’Rourke at $9.4 million and Buttigieg at $7 million. 

Booker announced his White House bid on Feb. 1 and, like most of his 2020 Democratic rivals, has rejected money from corporate PACs.

Updated 1:45 p.m.