ABC News is reporting that by several metrics, Barack Obama win the 1Q fundraising contest: Obama Bests Clinton in Primary Fundraising

ABC News has learned that the $23.5 million Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., raised for his presidential campaign for use in the primaries is more than that raised by the Democratic frontrunner, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.

Of the $26 million Clinton has raised in the first quarter of 2024 for her presidential campaign, approximately $20 million is to be used in the primaries and caucuses, sources told ABC News.

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The remaining $6 million of the $26 million raised by Clinton is designated for use in the general election if the former first lady wins her party’s nomination. Clinton also has slightly more than $10 million that she has transferred from her 2024 Senate campaign account.

Clinton has a distinct money advantage and leads in every national poll, but the fact that rookie Obama has bested a veteran like Clinton in many aspects of fundraising — he rasied $6.9 million on the Internet, for instance, compared with Clinton’s $4.2 million — has stunned the political world.

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Obama received donations from more than 100,000 donors, far surpassing any other candidate, including Clinton (50,000); Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., (45,000); former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, (40,000); or former GOP Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (34,000).

This is impressive on several levels, especially given Obama’s resume. Certainly it shows an ability to keep up with the Clinton-McAuliffe fundraising machine. Further, it shows an ability, at least for now, to better use the internet and to garner a larger number of contributors.

While it is hardly time to crown Obama the nominee, these numbers have to be giving the Clinton camp heartburn.