Sen. Elizabeth Warren now faces a field of three Republicans and an independent candidate. | Saul Loeb/Getty Images Small donors power Warren fundraising

Elizabeth Warren, the Senate’s most prolific fundraiser, closed out 2017 with another strong fundraising haul — $2.88 million over the final three months of the year.

Once again, the Massachusetts Democrat padded her campaign war chest — now at $14.1 million — with small-dollar donations. Ninety-eight percent of Warren’s donations from October through the end of December were $100 or less, while 80 percent of the donations were $25 or less, according to new numbers provided to POLITICO by Warren’s campaign.


The first-term senator, who faces reelection in November, raked in donations from 9,199 individuals in Massachusetts during the quarter.

Despite Warren’s potent fundraising, the last three months of 2017 actually represented her weakest fundraising performance of 2017. In the first quarter, Warren raised $5.2 million (which doubled her campaign account at the time), followed by $3.45 million in the second quarter, and $2.98 million in the third quarter.

Warren, who’s frequently mentioned as a presidential prospect in 2020, currently faces a field of three Republicans and an independent candidate who are eager to brand her as more focused on her own national ambitions than on the commonwealth.

The challengers have not yet released their latest campaign finance data. As of October, Republican businessman Jon Kingston led the pack with $3.2 million raised — $3 million of which was contributed by the candidate himself.

