Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris waves as she arrives to speak during the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 22.
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign reported raising $40 million after the Democratic National Convention, adding that the peak of fundraising came just after the vice president’s acceptance speech.
Harris’ campaign said Sunday that she has received a total of $540 million since a month after announcing her candidacy. By contrast, former President Donald Trump’s campaign said the Republican candidate had raised nearly $139 million in July and had about $327 million in treasury funds as of Aug. 1.
While the vice president’s campaign did not disclose specific fundraising totals for each night of the DNC, Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue reported the following totals for each day of the DNC: $13 million on Monday, $16.5 million on Tuesday, $23 million on Wednesday, and nearly $37 million on Thursday.
ActBlue added that it received more than $7 million between 11pm and 12am ET on Thursday after Harris made history as the first Black woman and South Asian person to accept the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Harris campaign said it saw “unprecedented grassroots giving” during the week of the Democratic National Convention. The campaign said a third of last week’s donations came from first-time donors, most of whom were women and a fifth were young voters. Teachers and nurses remain the most common occupations for donors, campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a memo.
“As we head into Labor Day, our campaign will leverage these resources and enthusiasm to build momentum, not take any voter lightly, and will be in relentless communication with voters in battleground states every day from now through Election Day,” Dillon added.
