Bernie Sanders campaign raises $20 million in January, sets record

US Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has received a record 3.25 million individual financial contributions, more than any other candidate for the president.

Sanders’s presidential campaign raised $33.6 million in the last three months of 2015 and another $20 million in January alone, the campaign announced Sunday.

The campaign stated that 1.3 million people have made 3.25 million donations to Sanders's race, a record number of donors at this stage in a presidential campaign.

The Vermont senator’s fundraising has almost entirely come from small online contributions of $27.

Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton's fundraising machine has raised $37 million in the last three months of 2015. Overall, Sanders raised $75 million in 2015 compared to $114 million for Clinton.

“The numbers we’ve seen since January 1 put our campaign on pace to beat Secretary Clinton’s goal of $50 million in the first quarter of 2016,” Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, said in a statement.

“Working Americans chipping in a few dollars each month are not only challenging but beating the greatest fundraising machine ever assembled,” Weaver added.

The Sanders campaign also said in its news release that he has "refused to coordinate with a super PAC, which Clinton and other candidates have used to take unlimited contributions from millionaires and billionaires."

Clinton has a small edge over Sanders on the eve of the Iowa caucuses. However, Sanders has 20-point lead in New Hampshire ahead of next week’ primary election in the state.

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