evidence: Buttigieg is trailed closely in his Wall Street haul by Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, who has raised $927,000 from the industry; Biden ($889,000); and Sen. Kamala Harris of Calif. ($765,000), according to figures from the center. [...] One Democratic lobbyist for financial services interests said he cut a check to Buttigieg as a sort of insurance policy against Warren in case Biden stumbles. "I don’t want Warren to just be in a position of chasing. I want her to be chased as well," he said. "I want to put pressure on her with a credible alternative … I don’t think Wall Street has a real great sense of what Mayor Pete might mean or not mean. But we do know what Warren means, and so I want part of every story about her to also be about him moving in tandem up the line." For those inclined to criticize Buttigieg’s support from Wall Street, campaign spokesman Chris Meagher noted "similar criticisms were leveled against Barack Obama, and he went on to establish the most aggressive regulation of the financial sector that we’d seen in decades. Pete will do what is right for our country, and is running to move our country forward by leading with bold ideas that the American people can unify around."