Pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC grows war chest

(CNN) - Ready for Hillary, a pro-Clinton super PAC urging the former secretary of state to run for president, raised $1.75 million in the first quarter of this year, according to the group's spokesman.

The super PAC is part of a cadre of groups urging Clinton to run for president in 2016 and raising money to accomplish that goal.

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Seth Bringman, Ready for Hillary's spokesman, said the group had over 22,000 new donors in the first quarter with an average donation of $53.

Nearly 9,500 of the donations came from "low-dollar, grass-roots" organizing events, where Clinton supporters gathered in cities nationwide and paid $20.16 to attend, according to the group.

Ready for Hillary has focused on building a sizable list of Clinton supporters, organizers in a number of key presidential primary states, and digital advertising. Ready for Hillary was organized early in 2013, shortly after Clinton left the State Department. It is staffed by a number of Clinton loyalists like Tracy Sefl and Craig Smith, both advisers with longtime Clinton ties.

In January, Ready for Hillary announced that it raised over $4 million from roughly 33,000 donors in 2013. Their most recent haul brings the group's total war chest to $5.75 million from over 55,000 contributors.

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In January, a representative from the group said it will not buy TV ads with the money it has raised and instead will invest in on-the-ground organizing and other ways to help grow its database.

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The group hopes if Clinton decides to run for office - a decision she has been flirting with during paid speeches across the country - those names could be a solid base of early supporters. The plan, according to a representative from the group, would be to make the list available to the campaign through a third-party vendor. If the campaign wanted the names, it would have the option to rent the list, pay a fair market value for it or swap names with Ready for Hillary.

CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.