Hillary Clinton's campaign noted that more than 60 percent of donations came from women. | Getty Clinton campaign raises $55M in final quarter, $112M total in 2015

Hillary Clinton’s campaign had good news to announce as it rang in the New Year — the campaign said Friday it raised $55 million in the final fundraising quarter of 2015, and $112 million in total for the year.

About $37 million of the year’s final haul was in hard primary dollars, and $18 million was raised for the Democratic National Committee and state parties through the Hillary Victory Fund. The final quarter of the year put the campaign over its goal of raising $100 million for the year. The campaign has spent $74 million so far, and now enters the election year with about $38 million in cash on hand.


In the final weeks of the year, Clinton operatives said they expected her main Democratic rival Bernie Sanders to outraise her in the fourth quarter. Sanders nearly matched Clinton in the third quarter — raising $26 million to Clinton’s $28 million. But a spokesman for the Vermont Senator on Friday said the campaign was not releasing its end-of-year numbers until Saturday.

The Clinton campaign said Friday that it made history, raising more money than any non-incumbent ever has in a non-election year. The campaign said Clinton raised roughly the same amount as President Obama did in his 2011 during the off-year of his reelection campaign.

"Helping Democratic candidates win up and down the ticket is a top priority for Hillary Clinton which is why she's also proud to be doing her part to ensure Democrats have the resources we need to win,” said campaign manager Robby Mook.

The campaign noted that more than 60 percent of donations came from women, and 94 percent of all donations in the final quarter of the year were $100 or less.

With many Clinton stalwarts already tapped out after donating the maximum $2,700 contribution for the primary, Clinton's fundraising team has also been actively courting new donors to keep the money coming in. It has dispatched high-profile surrogates like former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and political consultant James Carville to host “salons” — free events where they talk about the campaign and take questions from attendees, hoping to inspire fresh donor faces to become involved.

