Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign says it has now raised $540 million for its election battle in opposition to Republican nominee former President Donald Trump.
The marketing campaign has had no issues getting supporters to open their wallets since President Joe Biden introduced on July 21 he was ending his marketing campaign and rapidly endorsed Harris. The marketing campaign stated it noticed a surge of donations throughout final week’s Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago the place Harris and her vice presidential operating mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, accepted their nominations.
“Simply earlier than Vice President Harris’ acceptance speech Thursday evening, we formally crossed the $500 million mark,” marketing campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon wrote in a memo launched by the marketing campaign on Sunday. “Instantly after her speech, we noticed our greatest fundraising hour since launch day.”
Trump has additionally confirmed to be a formidable fundraiser, however seems to be outpaced in her month-old marketing campaign. Trump’s marketing campaign and its associated associates introduced earlier this month that they’d raised $138.7 million in July — lower than what Harris took in throughout her White Home bid’s opening week. Trump’s marketing campaign reported $327 million in money readily available in the beginning of August.
The Harris fundraising totals have been raised by Harris for President, the Democratic Nationwide Committee, and joint fundraising committees.
O’Malley Dillon stated that just about a 3rd of contributions throughout conference week got here from first-time contributors. About one-fifth of these first-time contributors have been younger voters and two-thirds have been ladies, teams that the marketing campaign sees as vital constituencies that Harris must prove to win in November.
The Harris marketing campaign says it has additionally seen a surge in volunteer help for the vice chairman. Throughout conference week, supporters signed up for almost 200,000 volunteer shifts to assist the marketing campaign.
