Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ campaign announced Friday that it raised $310 million last month, an eyepopping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about 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 various committees mentioned they took in $138.7 million for July.
The vice chairman’s marketing campaign additionally says it entered August with $377 million in money available, which it described as probably the most for any presidential candidate at this level within the cycle. It was additionally nicely above the $327 million Trump’s staff introduced having to begin the month.
“The tremendous outpouring of support we’ve seen in just a short time makes clear the Harris coalition is mobilized, growing, and ready to put in the work to defeat Trump this November,” Harris marketing campaign supervisor Julie Chavez Rodriguez mentioned in an announcement. “Our money is going to the work that wins close elections.”
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 working 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 working 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 embody full Federal Elections Fee fillings, which is able to come later this month. That makes it troublesome 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.
That call adopted weeks of some prime 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 vice chairman 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 vice chairman is ready to develop into her get together’s formal presidential nominee via digital voting by Democratic conference delegates, set to conclude Monday.
Her marketing campaign mentioned 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 beneath $200.
The marketing campaign mentioned 60% of its donors in July have been girls as Harris prepares to be the primary lady of colour to be nominated for president by a significant political get together.
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 mentioned.
Fundraising apart, the Harris marketing campaign mentioned that by final weekend it had signed up 170,000 new volunteers and held 2,300 occasions mobilizing 1000’s of supporters throughout battleground states.
