Kamala Harris has raised $1 billion since launching presidential campaign

Kamala Harris has raised $1 billion since launching presidential campaign

By Fredreka Schouten and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Oct 13, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris, pictured boarding Air Force Two at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on October 9, has raised $1 billion since launching presidential campaign.

(CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ political team has raised $1 billion since entering the presidential race in late July, two sources familiar with the figure told CNN – marking a massive fundraising milestone in her campaign against former President Donald Trump.

Other presidential candidates, alongside their political parties, have exceeded the $1 billion mark in past elections. But Harris has crossed that threshold at a breakneck pace, underscoring how much her ascension to the top of the Democratic ticket roughly two-and-a-half months ago has transformed the finances of this year’s White House contest.

“It’s clear that Harris has done something absolutely unprecedented,” said Sarah Bryner, research director at the nonpartisan group OpenSecrets, which tracks money in elections.

The surge in giving has helped Harris rocket past the sums collected by Trump’s campaign. His team has announced collecting roughly $430 million jointly with the Republican Party during the three months between the start of July and the end of September.

At this rate, the former president could struggle to even match what his political operation raised during the 2020 campaign, OpenSecrets’ researchers noted in a report this week.