MIAMI (AP) - The primary opponent challenging Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says he raised more than $250,000 over the weekend after Bernie Sanders penned a fundraising letter endorsing his campaign.
"Like Bernie, we are running a campaign that is funded by working Americans, not corporations or wealthy elites," says Tim Canova in a statement. He is a university law professor running in his first political campaign against veteran Wasserman Schultz who has held the seat since 2005.
Sanders, who trails Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in the presidential primary, has been feuding with Wasserman Schultz and the DNC, saying both are favoring Clinton. He told CNN Saturday he favors Canova in Florida's 23rd congressional district and said, if elected president, "she would not be reappointed to be chair of the DNC."
