Kamala Harris raises $11.6 million in third quarter
October 1, 2019
Kamala Harris raised $11.6 million in the third quarter of this year, the California senator's campaign announced Tuesday, an amount that's likely to land her toward the middle of the 2020 Democratic primary pack.
Harris, who battled slumping polls over much of the summer, had an average contribution of $34 and an average online donation of $20. She finished the quarter with nearly $10 million in the bank.
The $11.6 million she raised in the third quarter is down slightly from the $11.8 million she brought in during the previous quarter, and it brings to $35.5 million the amount she has raised since entering the race in January.
She raised about half of the latest amount—$6.5 million—through her digital program.
Bernie Sanders raised more than $25 million in the third quarter of the year, while Pete Buttigieg, top fundraiser on the Democratic side from April through June, took in another $19.1 million in the past three months.
Two others leading Harris in polls, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, are also expected to outraise her.
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, who threatened in recent days he'd have to suspend his campaign if things didn't turn around financially, raised more than $6 million in the third quarter, thanks to a late surge of $2.1 million from 46,000 donations.
Harris, who has struggled on the trail amid organizational challenges, is ramping up in Iowa as part of a plan to revitalize her bid. Her campaign said it would nearly double its number of organizers in Iowa in October, and double its organizers in South Carolina by the end of November.
“As we have spent the summer months strengthening our infrastructure, we enter this final stretch of 2019 with ample resources to execute a winning game plan," Juan Rodriguez, Harris' campaign manager said in a statement.
"With hundreds of organizers and staff in the early states and Super Tuesday California, we are ready to harness the energy of our thousands of grassroots volunteers to phone bank, knock doors and turn out the vote for Kamala in these 2020 contests," Rodriguez added.
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