


President Joe Biden, the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising committees raised a combined $72 million in the second quarter of the year, his campaign said Friday.
Biden also revealed that 394,000 donors contributed to him, the DNC and their committees. He and the DNC had a combined $77 million in cash on hand as of June 30, when the latest fundraising period ended.
The announcement marks the first time that Biden has given a peek inside his war chest since he first kicked off his reelection campaign in late April — and it is less compared to other recent presidents’ hauls at this point in the cycle.
In 2019, then-President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $105 million in the second quarter. In 2011, then-President Barack Obama and the DNC brought in more than $86 million. Obama launched his reelection bid in early April of that year, while Trump kicked off the campaign for his second term in mid-June, though he was accepting money prior to that date.
According to the Biden campaign, 97 percent of all the donations during the second quarter were under $200, and 30 percent of the “donor universe” were new donors since the 2020 campaign. The campaign says its 2024 email list includes close to 25 million subscribers.
“We’ve seen incredible enthusiasm for President Biden and Vice President Harris’ agenda — including their commitment to restoring democracy, fighting for more freedoms and growing the economy by growing the middle class,” said Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Biden-Harris 2024 campaign manager.