Nearly a quarter of a billion dollars was raised to support efforts to elect Vice President Kamala Harris after she announced her presidential campaign on Sunday, following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race.
Harris’ campaign announced it raised $81 million through the Democrats’ online fundraising platform ActBlue in just 24 hours after launching her campaign, The New York Times reported. More than 880,000 people donated during that time, and 43,000 donors pledged to make recurring donations.
Big money donors also contributed $150 million during the same time period to Future Forward, the super PAC that was blessed by Biden, that will go toward backing efforts to elect Harris, POLITICO reported. The super PAC already had more than $120 million on hand at the end of last month.
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