Kamala Harris raises $305 million in first week of White House campaign, signs up 170,000 volunteers

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Kamala Harris raises $305 million in first week of White House campaign, signs up 170,000 volunteers
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US Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has raised $305 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week.

The campaign, which announced its latest fundraising total on Sunday, said the bulk of the donations — 66 per cent — comes from first-time contributors in the 2024 election cycle and were made after PresidentMore than 170,000 volunteers have also signed up to help the Harris campaign with phone banking, canvassing and other get-out-the-vote efforts. Election Day is 100 days away.

Harris campaigned in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday, drawing hundreds to a fundraiser that had been organized when Biden was still at the top of the Democratic ticket. Harris quickly coalesced Democratic support after Biden, whose candidacy fizzled following his disastrous June 27 debate performance against Trump, exited the race.

Prodigious Democratic fundraisers former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama announced their endorsement on Friday.Harris campaigned in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday.

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