Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a marketing campaign occasion in Atlanta on July 30, 2024.
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The presidential marketing campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned Friday that its political operation raised $310 million in July, dwarfing the tally raised for the Republican nominee Donald Trump in the identical month.
Harris’ workforce raised the eye-popping sum between the marketing campaign, the Democratic Nationwide Committee and joint fundraising committees.
The overwhelming majority of July’s tally — greater than $200 million — arrived throughout the first week of her candidacy, after President Joe Biden dropped out of the election contest on July 21 and endorsed Harris.
The de facto Democratic nominee’s workforce entered August with $377 million available.
Trump’s workforce mentioned its bigger political group, which incorporates the previous president’s marketing campaign and joint fundraising committees, raised $138.7 million in July.
His workforce entered August with $327 million within the financial institution.
Harris’ huge fundraising haul underscores renewed enthusiasm from Democratic donors, a few of whom have been hesitant to open their checkbooks after Biden’s disastrous debate efficiency in opposition to Trump in late June.
Harris’ marketing campaign mentioned two-thirds of its fundraising got here from first-time donors.
“Greater than 3 million donors remodeled 4.2 million contributions — with greater than 2 million donors making their first donation this cycle,” the marketing campaign mentioned in a press launch.
Harris marketing campaign supervisor Julie Chavez Rodriguez, in a press release, mentioned, “Our cash goes to the work that wins shut elections — whether or not or not it’s the organizer knocking doorways in DeKalb County, a rural workplace opening in Pennsylvania, or a university pupil tabling at a membership truthful.”
“It’s the product of a marketing campaign and coalition that is aware of the onerous work and preventing spirit wanted to win in November — and once we struggle, we win,” mentioned Chavez Rodriguez.
