Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Atlanta on July 30, 2024.
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presidential campaign for vice president Kamala Harris said on Friday that its political operation raised $310 million in July, dwarfing what the Republican nominee raised Donald Trump Same month.
Harris’ team raised an eye-popping amount of money between the campaign, the Democratic National Committee and a joint fundraising committee.
The bulk of July’s vote count – more than $200 million – arrived within the first week of her election. Joe Biden quit electoral contest July 21 and endorsed Harris.
The de facto Democratic nominee’s team entered August with $377 million on hand.
Trump’s team said its larger political organizations, including the former president’s campaign and joint fundraising committee, raised $138.7 million in July.
Entering August, his team had $327 million in the bank.
Harris’ huge fundraising underscores new enthusiasm among Democratic donors, some of whom are hesitant to open their checkbooks after Biden’s disastrous loss debate performance against Trump in late June.
Harris’ campaign says two-thirds of its fundraising comes from first-time donors.
“More than 3 million donors made more than 4.2 million donations, with more than 2 million of them giving for the first time this cycle,” the campaign said in a press release.
Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez-Rodriguez said in a statement, “Our funds will go toward the work of winning close elections — whether it’s organizers knocking on doors in DeKalb County, Open a rural office in Pennsylvania, or in the club market.
“This is the product of a campaign and a coalition that knows the hard work and fighting spirit it takes to win in November, and when we fight, we win,” Chavez Rodriguez said.
