Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have so far not disclosed their top campaign fundraisers, also known as bundlers, ahead of the November election.

Though bundler disclosure is not required under federal law, transparency advocates have long pressed candidates to release information on their bundlers — typically wealthy and well-connected people who help solicit donations for campaigns. The practice has been around for decades, though it became more organized in 2000 upon then-candidate George W. Bush launching his “Bush Pioneer” donor program — giving supporters nicknames such as “Bush Rangers” and “Super Rangers.”

Since then, every Democratic presidential nominee has disclosed some information about his or her bundlers, while Republicans have done so in 2004 and 2008, the New York Times reported. Top fundraisers for Harris are receiving lavish treatment at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, scoring stays at the Four Seasons and the Ritz-Carlton, on-field visits to Wrigley Field, and, in some cases, meetings with Harris, according to the report. Who those fundraisers are, however, is unclear.

Before dropping out of the race, Biden had not disclosed his bundlers, though he did so in 2020. Trump did not disclose his bundlers in 2020 or 2016 and, like Harris, has not released bundler information in 2024.

The Trump and Harris campaigns did not respond to requests for comment.

To watchdog groups on both sides of the political aisle, presidential candidates should implement a system to release information on bundlers so the public can identify who influences elections.

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Voluntary disclosure doesn’t go far enough, according to Jeff Hauser, the founder and executive director of the progressive Revolving Door Project.

“I believe that an unregulated market in elections leads to lowest common denominator behavior, and the only serious response is to pass laws that manifest the public’s considerable influence in, for example, transparency,” Hauser told the Washington Examiner. “We need government intervention and serious enforcement of any violations of legal mandates.”