An amount of $100000 has been pulled in after an appeal by the Bernie Sanders team for the Indian American Peter Jacob, who is in the race for US Congress from New Jersey.

An all out campaign was launched by the Indian-American candidate to break the tie with entrenched sitting and well-funded Republican Congressman.

Team Bernie said in an e-mail, that, “Peter Jacob is taking on a Republican incumbent that virtually everyone called unbeatable. He is a progressive who worked as part of Bernie's campaign for president. His latest poll has him tied.”

Mr. Jacob also plans a TV ad campaign in the last four days, specifically to reach out to young women with the new money that has come in.

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