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Kamala Harris raises US$200 million in first week of White House campaign
- Fundraising highlights the surge of enthusiasm among Democrats for their new presumptive 2024 nominee
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris’ campaign has raised US$200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eye-popping haul in her race against the Republican nominee, former president Donald Trump.
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The campaign, which announced its latest fundraising total on Sunday, said the bulk of the donations – 66 per cent – comes from first-time contributors in the 2024 election cycle and were made after US President Joe Biden announced his exit from the race and endorsed Harris.
More than 170,000 volunteers have also signed up to help the Harris campaign with phone banking, canvassing and other get-out-the-vote efforts. Election Day is 100 days away.
“The momentum and energy for Vice-President Harris is real – and so are the fundamentals of this race: this election will be very close and decided by a small number of voters in just a few states,” Michael Tyler, the campaign’s communications director, wrote in a memo.
Harris campaigned in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday, drawing hundreds to a fundraiser that had been organised when Biden was still at the top of the Democratic ticket. The fundraiser had originally been expected to raise US$400,000 but ended bringing in about US$1.4 million, according to the campaign.
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