Harris team raked in over $1 billion since Biden dropped out: report
In fewer than 80 days since taking over the top of the ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris has reportedly taken in more than $1 billion across her campaign and allied committees.The eye-popping figure dwarfs the roughly $853 million former President Donald Trump raised across his political operation thus far during 2024, based on publicly available data.
It also far outpaces the fundraising tempo under President Biden.Past presidential cycles have seen candidates, including Trump, 78, and Biden, 81, leap past the $1 billion mark between totals raised across the campaigns and outside groups, but the breakneck pace at which Harris, 59, has reached the feat is unprecedented.
For context, Biden’s 2024 operation didn’t cross the $1 billion threshold until August, shortly after Harris ascended to the top of the ticket and rebranded the campaign.At the time, the newly launched Harris campaign crowed about blowing past the $1 billion milestone at the fastest clip for a presidential campaign.Harris managed to get to the $1 billion tally even faster by herself, the New York Times first reported.
All of those fundraising figures also include money raised by her campaign, allied joint committees and the Democratic National Committee.Her campaign has yet to publicly release its numbers for September, which has become customary ahead of the Federal Election Commission’s deadline for public disclosures from the presidential campaigns.By contrast, the Trump-Vance campaign quickly announced at the start of October that it brought in $160 million in September and ended the month with some $283 million cash on hand across its political operation.For comparison, the Harris-Walz campaign brought in $361 million and capped off August with $404 million cash on hand, across its political operation.Some Harris-Walz campaign allies have privately expressed consternation that the mammoth haul could give Harris backers a false sense of security and lead to complacency.
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