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Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth Sanders campaign reports bringing in $1.4 million from Dem debate Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign said Wednesday that it brought in just over $1.4 million from the Vermont senator's performance at the first Democratic presidential debate the night before. The average contribution from the debate night was $31.54, the campaign said on Wednesday. The overall figure was an impressive haul, especially for one evening (by comparison, Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign brought in a total of $2.5 million in the entire third quarter). Story Continued Below On Tuesday night, the campaign sent out an email to supporters describing the influx of cash as a "fundraising bonanza." "There were more than 37,600 individual contributions," the email on Tuesday said. It went on to say "there was about $100,000 in the five minutes after the debate ended. At the peak, there were about 10.25 contributions ...