Kamala Harris raises $600M in Q3, beating Trump nearly 2-1

Kamala Harris’ run raised more than $600 cardinal from large donors successful the 3rd quarter, outstripping Trump by astir a 2-1 margin.

The Harris Victory Fund and Harris Action Fund raised $652 cardinal betwixt July and September, according to caller filings, astir treble the $340 cardinal that Trump’s equivalent, Trump 47 Committee and Trump National Committee, raised successful the aforesaid period.

Harris has wide raised much than $1 billion since launching her run connected July 21 erstwhile President Biden dropped his reelection bid and handed the Democratic baton to her.

The last authoritative filings earlier Election Day helps explicate wherefore the Democratic run has more wealth to pain successful the location stretch of the White House race, contempt high-profile donations to Trump by Tesla mogul Elon Musk and different right-wing billionaires.

Donors who gave the ineligible maximum of astir $1 cardinal to Harris’ fundraising groups included Hollywood cause Ari Emanuel and philanthropists Melinda French Gates and Laurene Powell Jobs.

Harris and the Democrats entered the important period of October with $112 cardinal successful currency connected hand, portion Trump and the Republicans entered this period with $77 cardinal connected hand, according to the documents.

Musk and different close helping donors are besides plowing large bucks into their ain supposedly autarkic ace PACs that purpose to boost Trump and Republicans successful Congress.

But astir analysts judge the authoritative run groups are amended suited to equine get retired the ballot efforts, which are typically aimed astatine partisan supporters successful the last days starring up to Election Day.