Sanders raises more than $5 million in single-day push
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Despite an uphill battle in the Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, Bernie SandersBernie SandersSanders endorses more than 150 down-ballot Democrats Postal service crisis — California is ready to pilot a postal banking solution Daily Beast reporter: Progressives feel alienated after Biden's socialism jab MORE continues to rake in money, drawing at least $5.5 million in a single-day fundraising push.

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.
 
 
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.