Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg Pete ButtigiegBillionaire who donated to Trump in 2016 donates to Biden The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November Buttigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice MORE raked in over $19.1 million in the third quarter, a substantial amount but short of the $24.8 million he raised in the second quarter.

The South Bend, Ind., mayor's campaign added in a memo released on Tuesday that Buttigieg's number of unique donors grew by 182,000 to a total to 580,000 contributors.

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The campaign also said that the average contribution during the quarter was $32.

"People continue to be drawn to Pete and his vision of bridging our divides and to his bold plans to move our country forward, and our campaign has grown exponentially faster than any other candidate in the 2020 field," Buttigieg's campaign manager Mike Schmuhl wrote in the memo.

Buttigieg's previous haul of $24.8 million in the second quarter had led the Democratic presidential field.

Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSirota reacts to report of harassment, doxing by Harris supporters Republicans not immune to the malady that hobbled Democrats The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Republicans lawmakers rebuke Trump on election MORE's (I-Vt.) campaign also released news of the senator's third-quarter fundraising on Tuesday, announcing the campaign brought in over $25 million in the quarter.

Schmuhl added that the third quarter in an off-election year is "a notoriously challenging quarter to fundraise," adding that Buttigieg's campaign was still "hyper-focused" on winning the Democratic presidential nomination.

Buttigieg, who has consistently polled in the top five of the crowded Democratic field, has struggled in recent months to gain traction on the leaders.

He is currently in fourth place in the RealClearPolitics average of polls, trailing the front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE, by more than 20 points.