Trump re-election campaign began 2019 with $19 million in cash
Ginger Gibson
January 31, 2019 / 5:25 PM / Updated 3 minutes agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump began the year with $19.2 million in campaign cash, a war chest that gives him a head start on Democrats lining up for the chance to run against the Republican in the 2020 White House race.
Trump raised $21 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, his campaign said on Thursday. Unlike any other president in the modern era, Trump filed for re-election on the day he took office in January 2017, instead of waiting the traditional two years. That allowed him to raise and spend campaign cash his entire term.
He is likely to far outpace the fundraising by Democrats who are just beginning to build campaigns. None of the Democratic candidates have yet been required to disclose their money hauls, although U.S. Senator Kamala Harris’ campaign said she raised $1.5 million in the 24 hours after she launched her run.
More than two dozen Democrats are expected to mount a campaign in hopes of winning the party’s nomination.
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