Trump campaign raises $138.7 million in July
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[August 02, 2024]
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The presidential campaign of Donald Trump raised
$138.7 million in July, providing a cash on hand total of $327 million
at the end of the month in which the Republican former president
survived an assassination attempt, it said on Thursday.
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Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump
holds a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 31, 2024.
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The fundraising for July was 24% higher than the $111.8 million
that the campaign said it raised in June.
The assassination attempt against Trump on July 13 at a rally in
Butler, Pennsylvania was expected to spur campaign
contributions. Trump's fundraising had also previously surged
when he was convicted in late May on felony charges related to a
hush-money payment to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.
Trump's campaign had said last month that it raised $331 million
in the second quarter, topping the $264 million that the
campaign of then-Democratic candidate and U.S. President Joe
Biden raised in the same period.
Biden ended his reelection bid on July 21 and endorsed Vice
President Kamala Harris for the Nov. 5 vote against Trump. The
Biden withdrawal from the race came amid questions about his age
and health following a faltering debate performance against
Trump in late June.
Harris's takeover since has reenergized a campaign that had
faltered badly amid Democrats' doubts about Biden's chances of
defeating Trump or his ability to continue to govern had he won.
Harris's election campaign said on Sunday it had raised $200
million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers in the first week
after she became the Democratic Party's presidential candidate.
Polls showed that Trump had built a lead over Biden, including
in battleground states, after Biden's disastrous debate
performance, but Harris's entry to the race has changed the
dynamic with polls showing a tight contest.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Diane
Craft)
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