For the second quarter in a row, presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders led the top-tier 2020 Democrats in fundraising, as his campaign on Thursday disclosed a haul of $34.5 million for the fourth quarter.

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg was a distant second, as he announced a fundraising total of $24.7 million for the period on Wednesday.

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday reported getting $22.7 million in the fourth quarter, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Friday said she raised $21.2 million. Warren’s campaign had warned last week that its latest total probably would be down from its third-quarter haul.

With the fourth quarter having ended last Tuesday, presidential campaigns have disclosed their fundraising totals for the period, ahead of a Jan. 31 deadline by which figures must be disclosed to the Federal Election Commission.

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey also have revealed their results for the past three months, saying they raked in $16.5 million, $11.4 million and $6.6 million, respectively.

“Bernie Sanders is closing the year with the most donations of any candidate in history at this point in a presidential campaign,” said his campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, in a statement on Thursday. Sanders has raised $96 million so far in his campaign from more than 5 million individual donations for an average contribution of $18, according to his team. “You build a grassroots movement to beat Donald Trump and create a political revolution one $18 donation at a time, and that’s exactly why Bernie is going to win,” Shakir added.

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The latest total from Sanders is the biggest quarterly haul so far for any 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, and he achieved it even as he spent some time recuperating from an Oct. 1 heart attack. The Vermont senator also brought in the most money among the 2020 Democrats in the third quarter, getting $25.3 million, while Warren was a close second during that period with $24.6 million. Buttigieg was No. 1 in the second quarter, getting $24.8 million.

Warren’s campaign addressed being outraised in a fundraising email sent Friday to supporters, stressing that it scored donations in “the right way” but it needs to “start closing the gap” with Democratic rivals. “We’ve got great momentum, but starting the year behind other campaigns means that we really need to pick up the pace in the weeks to come,” the email said.

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On the Republican side, President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign said Thursday that it had raised $46 million in 2019’s final quarter.

“President Trump’s unprecedented fundraising is testament to his wide grassroots support and his stellar record of achievement on behalf of the American people,” said Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, in a statement. “Democrats and the media have been in a sham impeachment frenzy, and the president’s campaign only got bigger and stronger with our best fundraising quarter this cycle.”

In a RealClearPolitics average of national polls as of Monday, Biden remains the Democratic presidential front-runner, drawing support of 29.3%. Sanders is at 19.9%, Warren gets 14.4%, and Buttigieg 7.7%. Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is self-funding his White House campaign, scores 5.6%, and no other contenders are above 5%.

The first voter verdicts in the contest to become the Democratic party’s 2020 nominee will come Feb. 3 with the Iowa caucuses. The total number of the Democratic Party’s White House hopefuls is staying at a still-high level of 14, even after Julián Castro, the former housing secretary, dropped out Thursday.

For 2019 overall, Sanders raked in the most money among the top-tier 2020 Democrats with his total of $96 million, followed by Buttigieg with $76 million for the year, Warren with $71 million and Biden with about $60 million.

This is an updated version of an article first published on Jan. 2, 2020.