Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) has raised a significant amount of money so far this year, having emerged as a leading voice in the Democratic Party‘s opposition to President Donald Trump‘s second term.

The Connecticut senator raised $8 million in the first quarter of 2025, according to Axios, despite not being up for reelection until 2030. The fundraising figures have further fueled speculation about a 2028 presidential run for Murphy.

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“It’s an amount of trust in me and responsibility that I do not take lightly, and I pledge to be a good steward of these resources,” Murphy said in a campaign email about the fundraising totals, per Axios.

Murphy announced that 85% of his donors were first-time donors, and the average donation was less than $30.

The Connecticut Democrat has not been viewed as one of the top contenders for his party’s presidential primary in 2028, but he has gained prominence as he takes his message outside of the Constitution State.

Murphy has been one of the Democrats going into other districts to counter the Trump administration, including a town hall in a GOP-held House district in Michigan late last month.

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He has also been one of the voices within the Democratic Party calling for a change to its tactics, especially after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) opted to avert a government shutdown last month.

“I still support Sen. Schumer as leader,” Murphy said on NBC News’s Meet the Press last month. “But I think the only way that we are going to be effective as a caucus is if we change our tactics, and we have to have a conversation inside our caucus to make sure that we are going to do that.”