Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris has raised greater than $1 billion since getting into the presidential race, a supply aware of the matter informed CBS Information.
The marketing campaign has seen a donation windfall within the three months since Harris turned the Democratic nominee.
Within the 24 hours following President Biden’s July 21 announcement that he was dropping out of the race alone, the vice chairman’s marketing campaign mentioned it introduced in $81 million, with the haul rising to greater than $100 million by the tip of July 22.
In August, the marketing campaign mentioned it raised $361 million, bringing the whole to greater than $615 million in fundraising since Harris had entered the race.
The marketing campaign has but to launch the fundraising totals from September, due partly to considerations that touting the big sum may diminish donor curiosity within the remaining weeks, in line with a supply acquainted. However the official stories of their newest fundraising might be publicly obtainable in mid October.
Regardless of the over $1 billion in complete fundraising, which was first reported by NBC, the marketing campaign stays involved about billionaires pouring cash into Professional-Trump Tremendous PACs within the closing stretch earlier than Election Day, the supply mentioned.
In Pennsylvania, a vital battleground state for each candidates, over $222.5 million has been spent by Republican teams on advertisements concerning the presidential race, in line with commercial monitoring agency AdImpact. Democratic teams nonetheless maintain a slight benefit and have spent $275.1 million on advertisements.
The Harris marketing campaign’s cash will proceed to be “closely spent” on battleground-state promoting and operations, together with subject places of work and staffing up through the subsequent 4 weeks.
The marketing campaign’s fast fundraising clip has opened up a money benefit over the Trump marketing campaign. In August, the Harris marketing campaign introduced in round $230 million greater than her opponent, leaving the marketing campaign with a greater than $100 million benefit. The Trump marketing campaign mentioned it raised $160 million in September.