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After strong debate, Warren scrambles to get back into contention

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Sen. Elizabeth Warren scrambled Thursday to take advantage of what her supporters - and even some rivals - saw as a highly effective debate performance, but faced continued questions about whether she has time to get her presidential campaign back into contention as her ideological soulmate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, tightens his grip on front-runner status.

Warren's campaign said it pulled in $2.8 million in donations in one day Wednesday - her largest one-day fundraising haul and even more than the $2.7 million Sanders campaign says it raised. That fired up supporters who had been disappointed by her fourth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary and her lackluster performance in the debate there.

"All I can say is we're just getting started," a pumped-up Warren said in North Las Vegas Thursday

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