Harris rakes in $310 million to erase Trump cash advantage
By
Naomi Lim
August 2, 2024 5:00 am
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Vice President Kamala Harris raised an eye-bulging amount of money in July, bringing in $310 million last month for a $377 million war chest before the coming fall fight.
Cresting a wave of enthusiasm since President Joe Biden endorsed her as the new 2024 Democratic nominee last week, Harris’s $310 million is more than what Biden raised from April through June. It is also more than what former President Donald Trump raised in July, with Harris’s Republican challenger bringing in $139 million for $327 million cash on hand.
Harris’s July numbers, which combine her campaign fundraising with that of the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising committees, mean Democrats have already raised $1 billion this election, the fastest that has happened during a cycle in presidential history. The campaign has underscored that two-thirds of July’s donors were first-time contributors and that the “vast majority” were grassroots donors contributing less than $200, so they could potentially give more this year.
“Compared to June, we saw more than 10 times the number of Gen Z donors, and more than 8 times the number of millennial donors,” the campaign wrote on Thursday. “60% of all donors in July were women.”
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