Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 30, 2024.
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign said Friday that its political operation raised $310 million in July, dwarfing what Republican candidate Donald Trump raised in the same month.
Harris’ team raised an eye-popping amount of money between the campaign, the Democratic National Committee and a joint fundraising committee.
Most of July’s tally – more than $200 million – arrived during the first week of her candidacy, when President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on 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 renewed enthusiasm among Democratic donors, some of whom are hesitant to open their checkbooks after Biden’s disastrous 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, When Pennsylvania opens a rural office, it is still in the club market.
“This is the product of a movement 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.
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