Harris’ campaign has raised $540 million since its launch, Democrats say

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised $540 million since it launched last month, including a surge fueled by Democratic National Convention in Chicago and a total that amounts to “a record for any campaign in history,” according to a memo released Sunday, August 25, by the campaign.

The campaign raised $82 million during the last week’s congressand the best hour came after Harris will deliver her acceptance speech Thursday night, according to a note from Harris’ campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon.

According to the note, a third of the week’s donations came from new donors, indicating its ability to attract donors. that the president Joe Biden That wasn’t the case when he was the presumptive Democratic nominee. Two-thirds of early donors were women, according to the campaign. “The enthusiasm and energy at the United Center this week was palpable,” he wrote. O’Malley Dillon.

“But that enthusiasm has spread far beyond Chicago, to every battleground state that will decide this election.” Campaign said the fundraising – which cannot be independently confirmed until the next financial reports are filed – reflects totals raised by Harris for presidenthe Democratic National Committee and joint fundraising committees.

Volunteers also signed up for nearly 200,000 shifts during the convention week.which marked the biggest week of organizing since the campaign began, the memo said.

After the convention, the campaign launched a new ad that aired in all seven contested statesand announced on Saturday that Harris and his running mate, the governor of Minnesota, Tim WalzThey will campaign by bus Georgia Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 August.

The latest figure reflects a massive increase in fundraising by Democrats since Biden He decided on July 21 to abandon his candidacy for presidential re-election and support Harris.

His campaign and that of the Democratic National Committee raised three times as much as Trump’s campaign in July. and the Republican National CommitteeThe financial advantage allows the new Democratic presidential candidate to run more ads and maintain a larger payroll than her Republican opponent in the final months of the race for the White House.

O’Malley Dillon highlighted outreach to Republicans unhappy with Trumpsaying that the convention “energized our campaign outreach to conservative Republicans and independents,” including six Republican speakers on stage at Chicago.

End of July – deadline for which figures were communicated to the Federal Election Commission – Harris and its allied committees said they had $377 million in cash in August, up from $327 million in August. Republican PartyThis gap is expected to widen during the month of August.

None of this takes into account the well-funded super PACs that support each candidate, and which have already begun flooding the airwaves with ads.

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