Headline Roundup • August 26th, 2024
Harris Campaign Says It Raised $540 Million Since Launch
Summary from the AllSides News Team
In a memo on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign announced that it had raised $540 million since its launch just over a month ago.
Key Details: Harris campaign chairwoman Jen O'Malley Dillon said that the hour after Harris' speech at the DNC on Thursday night was their largest single hour in fundraising this campaign cycle.
Key Quote: "The Convention was a galvanizing moment for the Harris-Walz coalition throughout the country, energizing and mobilizing volunteer and grassroots donors alike," O'Malley Dillon wrote in the memo.
For Context: Spending and fundraising are expected to continue to ramp up between now and Election Day, with early voting beginning in some states next month.
How the Media Covered it: The Washington Examiner (Lean Right bias) noted that fundraising had dried up before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21. Since then, the flow of campaign funds has resumed in large numbers. CBS News (Lean Left bias) noted that $200 million of July's total fundraising for the Democratic Party came during the first week of Harris' campaign.
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ entrance into the presidential election last month has blown up her fundraising race with former President Donald Trump, with the combined Biden and Harris campaigns raising more than four times as much as Trump in July and erasing the ex-president’s cash advantage—and Democrats say pro-Harris groups have raised over $500 million since Joe Biden left the race.
The Biden—now Harris—campaign committee raised $516.8 million and Trump’s campaign committee raised $268.5 million in total between January 2023 and July 31, 2024, the most recent date for which Federal Election Commission filings are available.
Harris also...
Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign said it brought in $540 million since Harris entered the race last month, touting a surge in donations during the Democratic National Convention as the party rallied around its new ticket.
The campaign said it brought in $82 million during the week, characterized the convention contribution as "unprecedented grassroots donations." And the best hour of fundraising since the launch came after Harris delivered her highly anticipated speech on Thursday to accept the presidential nomination, the campaign said.
"The Convention was a galvanizing moment for the Harris-Walz coalition throughout the country, energizing...
Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign is coming off a feel-good week at the Democratic National Convention, and the campaign’s fundraising figures have added to that feeling.
The Harris campaign, in a memo Sunday, said it had raised $540 million since Harris launched her campaign just over a month ago, when President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid. Harris campaign chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon said in the memo that just before Harris’s Thursday DNC speech was their largest single hour in funds raised this cycle for their campaign.
“Just before Vice President Harris’ acceptance speech...
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