WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ marketing campaign introduced Friday that it raised $310 million final month, an eyepopping sum exhibiting that donors who as soon as appeared spooked concerning the prospects for November’s election with President Joe Biden at the moment are providing mountains of money to spice up his former No. 2.
The haul by Harris, the Democratic Nationwide Committee and affiliated entities far outpaced Republican former President Donald Trump, whose marketing campaign and diverse committees stated they took in $138.7 million for July.
The vp’s marketing campaign additionally says it entered August with $377 million in money readily available, which it described as probably the most for any presidential candidate at this level within the cycle. It was additionally properly above the $327 million Trump’s staff introduced having to begin the month.
“The super outpouring of help we have seen in simply a short while makes clear the Harris coalition is mobilized, rising, and able to put within the work to defeat Trump this November,” Harris marketing campaign supervisor Julie Chavez Rodriguez stated in a press release. “Our cash goes to the work that wins shut elections.”
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Trump’s totals for July have been augmented by an assassination try towards the previous president throughout a rally in Pennsylvania, which galvanized a few of his fiercest supporters, and by his subsequent revealing of his operating mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, on the Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee.
Harris’ staff, in the meantime, is hoping for an additional jolt early subsequent week, when she’s anticipated to announce her personal operating mate, and in the course of the Democratic conference, which opens in Chicago on Aug. 19.
The figures launched by each campaigns this week don’t embrace full Federal Elections Fee fillings, which is able to come later this month. That makes it tough to find out how a lot of Harris’ haul got here after Biden introduced on July 21 that he was abandoning his reelection bid and endorsing Harris.
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That call adopted weeks of some high Democratic donors, in addition to dozens of members of Congress, urging the 81-year-old president to step apart after his dismal debate efficiency on June 27.
Nonetheless, Harris’ staff had beforehand introduced that it took in additional than $200 million throughout her first week as a presidential candidate, which means that the lion’s share of July’s robust haul got here after the vp took excessive of the ticket. She is seeking to reset the race towards Trump, stepping up her journey schedule and sharply criticizing the Republican nominee as she leans extra closely into telling her private {and professional} story.
The vp is ready to change into her social gathering’s formal presidential nominee via digital voting by Democratic conference delegates, set to conclude Monday.
Her marketing campaign stated that two-thirds of its July donations got here from first-time contributors within the 2024 election cycle. In all, the month noticed greater than 3 million donors make greater than 4.2 million contributions – with greater than 2 million donors making their first donation this cycle, whereas 94% of July’s donations have been underneath $200.
The marketing campaign stated 60% of its donors in July have been girls as Harris prepares to be the primary girl of shade to be nominated for president by a serious political social gathering.
Since her presidential marketing campaign started, Harris’ fundraising has been bolstered by digital fundraisers organized round supporters of distinct backgrounds together with Black Girls for Harris, Latinas for Harris and even a White Dudes for Harris. Collectively they raised greater than $20 million, her marketing campaign stated.
Fundraising apart, the Harris marketing campaign stated that by final weekend it had signed up 170,000 new volunteers and held 2,300 occasions mobilizing hundreds of supporters throughout battleground states.
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