WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris raised $82 million during last week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago and has now hauled in $540 million for her presidential bid since launching her run, the Harris campaign said Sunday.
The hour following Harris’ convention speech Thursday night was the best fundraising hour of the campaign, Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a memo, and one-third of the donations during the convention came from first-time donors.
Two-thirds of the first-time donors were women, while teachers and nurses were among the most common occupations from donors, according to the campaign.
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The $540 million that Harris has raised since President Joe Biden dropped out of the election July 21 is the most in presidential campaign history during a one-month span, O’Malley Dillon said. The figure includes money raised by the Democratic National Committee and other joint fundraising committees in addition to the main Harris campaign fundraising arm.