WASHINGTON – The Harris campaign He announced Sunday that he and his allies raised $40 million after Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a conference on Thursday. Democratic National Convention.
The windfall brings to $540 million the total money raised for Harris’ campaign efforts since President Joe Biden. left According to the campaign, on July 21, he endorsed the running for vice president.
NBC News cannot independently verify the numbers because the next round of data from the Federal Election Commission will not be available until September 20.
A third of donations last week came from first-time donors, according to a campaign memo authored by campaign chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon. He also noted that immediately after Harris’ speech Thursday night, the campaign and its allies saw “our best hour of fundraising since launch.”
O’Malley Dillon said the fundraising numbers reflect contributions from the Harris campaign, the Democratic National Committee and joint fundraising committees.
He called the convention a “galvanizing moment” and added that the campaign “takes no voter for granted and engages relentlessly with battleground voters every day between now and Election Day — despite all this, Trump has done little other than online tantrums and attacks.” cares little. electors are critical to winning the 270 electoral votes.”
Volunteers supporting Harris’ bid have signed up for “nearly 200,000 turns since Monday,” which O’Malley Dillon said marked “the biggest week of organizing since the campaign began.”
The announcement comes as Harris and his running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, prepare to run. Go to Georgia for the bus tour on Wednesday. Harris will travel to Savannah on Thursday for the rally, which comes after Tropical Storm Debby forced the campaign to cancel a planned trip earlier this month.
Speaker after speaker at the Democratic National Convention urged voters to get involved in Harris’ election efforts.
“If we start to feel tired, if we start to feel the fear coming back, we have to pick ourselves up, throw water in our faces and do something!” said the former first lady Michelle Obama in a rousing Tuesday night performance.
“Join me in pledging your whole heart to this effort — my heart will be there,” Biden said. the first night of the convention.
Last month’s campaign finance reports showed that the Democratic Party’s presidential campaign has taken off 204 million dollars in July. Biden was at the top of the ticket until July 21 when he dropped out and endorsed Harris.
Data from ActBlue, a platform that works to process online donations to Democrats, shown On the day Biden dropped out, Harris’ campaign raised nearly $40 million.
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign had one of its best months in July, but still collected less than a quarter of his opponent’s windfall, taking in $47.5 million that month, according to a campaign finance report.
Ben Kamisar and Joe Murphy contributed.