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Despite an uphill battle in the Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, Bernie Sanders
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Sanders's fundraising website showed shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday it had raised more than $41.6 million in February, with a new goal of getting $45 million by the end of the night.
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His campaign said in a statement earlier in the day he had raised $36.1 million from 1.2 million individuals during the month of February before the final push on the eve of Super Tuesday.
Sanders hammered rival Hillary Clinton
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Clinton, who is hoping to fend off Sanders on Tuesday after a huge win in South Carolina on over the weekend, has since mostly turned her focus to the general election.