Kamala Harris’ campaign continued to widen its fundraising gap over Donald Trump in September, as filings made on Sunday showed that the vice president's main campaign committee outraised the former president’s operation by a margin of more than 3-to-1 last month.
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According to filings made with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday, Harris’ principal campaign committee raised $221.8 million in September.
In comparison, Trump’s main campaign committee raised $62.7 million during the same period.
Harris’ campaign also spent more cash than Trump’s last month, $270 million compared to $78 million, with a majority of the spending for both campaigns going towards media costs—around $225 million for Harris compared to $53 million for the former president.
Despite massively outspending Trump’s campaign, the vice president's main committee retained its cash advantage at the start of October, with $187 million on hand compared to $120 million for the former president’s campaign.
When considering allied fundraising committees, Harris’ campaign set a record for the biggest fundraising quarter ever between July 1 and September 30 by raising more than a billion dollars, the New York Times reported.
Combined with their party committees, Harris and Trump raised $378 million and $160 million in September respectively, the report added.
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$633 million. The total amount raised by the Harris Victory Fund—the vice president’s primary high-dollar fundraising committee—in the third quarter. In comparison, the Trump 47 Committee—the former president’s main big-dollar fundraising arm—brought in only $145.2 million during the same three-month period.