Andrew Yang puts other Dems to shame with big cash haul

Andrew Yang likes to joke about being a math guy, and right now, the numbers are on his side.

The Democratic businessman announced Wednesday that over the past three months he raked in $10 million for his presidential campaign — more than a number of his rivals for the Democratic nomination and just shy of Sen. Kamala Harris, who has won three statewide elections in the nation’s biggest state.

It’s a show of force from the first-time political candidate — one that casts doubt on the viability of the dozen-plus other Democrats who have yet to build that kind of support or momentum so far in this presidential race. Yang’s $10 million haul is at least double the amount raised last quarter by 16 other presidential candidates, among them five U.S. senators who had years to build email lists and mingle with the donor class before running for president. (Most candidates have not disclosed their fundraising for this quarter.)

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