Article snippet: WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, Senator Elizabeth Warren bet on two unusual strategies for her presidential campaign: She would swear off exclusive fund-raisers, and she would pepper voters with intricate policy proposals. Her middling first-quarter fund-raising totals and her heavy spending left some Democratic operatives wondering if she was making a giant mistake. But on Monday, the Democratic candidate offered new evidence to suggest her gamble is paying off. Her campaign announced she raised an eye-popping $19.1 million from April through June, tripling her first-quarter haul and narrowly overtaking small-dollar fund-raising titan Bernie Sanders’s total for the same period — a major victory for Warren as she and the Vermont senator vie for liberal grass-roots donors. It is the latest sign of the Massachusetts senator’s ascendance in a crowded Democratic primary field after her campaign’s anemic start. As voters embraced her unofficial slogan “I’ve got a plan” and flocked to campaign events, such as one in Oakland, Calif., that drew 6,500, Warren raised more money as fund-raising for key rivals Sanders and Senator Kamala Harris leveled off. Warren, however, lagged in the second quarter behind two candidates who have kept exclusive fund-raisers in their arsenals, former vice president Joe Biden, who raised $21.5 million, and Pete Buttigieg, who entered the race as the little-known mayor of South Bend, Ind., and pulled in a remarkable $24.8 million over the la... Link to the full article to read more