Washington – Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign raised more than $100 million between Sunday afternoon and Monday night, her campaign announced early Tuesday. Harris made the announcement after President Biden launched his campaign. He finished his reelection bid. And on Sunday he endorsed her.
The staggering sum includes money raised through Harris' campaign, the Democratic National Committee and joint fundraising committees, highlighting the vice president's enormous financial advantage over any potential vying for the Democratic nomination.
The campaign previously announced that it had raised $81 million in the 24 hours after Biden dropped out, which the Harris campaign said was the largest amount raised in 24 hours in the history of a presidential election.
The campaign said more than 888,000 grassroots donors contributed in 24 hours, with 60% of them giving for the first time in the 2024 election cycle. Team Harris said a conference call hosted by the group “Win with Black Women” alone raised $1.6 million.
The campaign says the $100 million has come from more than 1.1 million donors, 62% of whom are first-time donors.
“The historic outpouring of support for Vice President Harris truly represents the grassroots energy and enthusiasm we need to win this election,” said Harris campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz. “Already, a broad and diverse coalition has begun to rally together in support of our important work to engage with voters who will decide this election.”
Munoz said support for Harris is “growing.” Alan Solomont, a former ambassador to Spain and Democratic fundraising leader, told CBS News: “We've received multiple emails in support of Harris. [from donors] Please let me know when you are able to donate to the Harris campaign.”
Steve Israel, a former New York congressman and former House Democratic campaign chairman, is a member of the Democratic National Committee's platform committee. He said earlier this week that he expects a “fairly efficient coalition” around Harris, who “has the most advanced infrastructure and fundraising advantage.” He said Democrats are “realistically assessing that with 107 days until the election, we don't have a long runway to hit full speed ahead.”
“We've had over 400 text messages, emails and phone calls saying, 'We want to raise money. We want to donate. Let's do this. How can we help?'” said John Henes, who was finance director for Harris' 2020 presidential campaign and is now one of her biggest fundraisers.
“I think it's a good thing that we have so little time until the election,” Heness said, “because we are united as a party.”
Ray Maguire, president of the financial firm Lazard and one of Wall Street's top black executives, predicted, “A lot of Wall Street leaders will support her. They know what's at stake. Her credibility will resonate from Wall Street to Main Street.”
“Tim Harris is an incredible talent, a Black woman, and has a proven track record of winning President Biden's support for strategic initiatives that are vital to America's survival,” Maguire said, pointing to initiatives such as the CHIPS Act and the Science Act.
The vice president formally launched his presidential campaign on Sunday, hours after Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. The president quickly endorsed Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, and many other prominent Democrats quickly followed suit. expressed support The Biden campaign quickly filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and changed its name to “Harris for President.”
By Monday evening, Harris had secured the support of at least 27 state delegations, more than the majority of Democratic delegates she needs to win the Democratic presidential nomination. If those support holds, delegates will formally nominate her for president in a virtual roll call early next month ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Among those who supported Harris were some rising stars within the party. Potential successors Biden's supporters include Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and California Governor Gavin Newsom.
The president withdrew from the election Dozens of Democrats He urged him to resign. A crushing defeat in the debate His performance against Trump in late June raised concerns about his fitness to serve a second term and whether he could beat the Republican presidential nominee in November.
The Trump campaign previously reported raising $331 million in the second quarter, while the Biden campaign raised $264 million in the same quarter.
–Michael Kaplan, Jo Lynn Kent, Daniel Kreidman and Andrew Bast contributed to this report.
