Joe Biden’s campaign coffers get a big boost in December from Hollywood celebrities and big shots. Biden went to Los Angeles last month for his first fundraising efforts there in his re-election campaign.
That trip to Los Angles raised more than $15M, according to Jeffrey Katzenberg, a campaign co-chair. The campaign raised almost $100M in the fourth quarter of 2023. The fourth quarter totals exceeded the amount of money raised in the second and third quarters of 2023. About $72M was raised in each of those quarters. The Biden campaign reports that it has $117M in cash on hand. That is the highest amount of cash on hand of any Democrat candidate at this point in the election cycle.
A senior adviser to the campaign, T.J. Ducklo, said, “While most of the Republicans have not yet announced their fundraising numbers, we fully expect to lap them. Several times.” You remember…
