Sen. Amy Klobuchar raised $4.8 million for her Democratic presidential campaign in the third quarter — more than her previous tally but much less than some of her rivals.
"We continue to build momentum and a strong grassroots operation that can win in 2020," Klobuchar campaign manager Justin Buoen said in a statement on Monday.
She aired her first TV ad last week. "We have money in the bank and that is why we are running ads," she said on Sunday in Manchester, N.H.
Klobuchar's money came from more than 105,000 donors, pushing the Minnesota senator past the 165,000 individual donors needed to qualify for November's debate.
She hasn't yet met the polling requirement of 3% support in four early-voting state or national polls or 5% in two polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina. Klobuchar has qualified for next Tuesday's debate in Ohio.
In the second quarter, Klobuchar collected $3.87 million. She joined the race in February and reported raising $5.2 million in the first seven weeks of her presidential campaign.
Details about her spending and available cash were not released Monday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., outpaced the rest of the Democratic field in third-quarter donations, raising $25.3 million from 1.4 million people, followed by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren with $24.6 million.
