Harris’ campaign raises $81 million in 24 hours

In the first 24 hours of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, Democratic donors have donated $81 million to her campaign.

This is stated by Harris’s campaigners in a press release.

– Team Harris has collected 81 million dollars in the first 24 hours. It is placed on top of the stock, which already amounts to almost a quarter of a billion in contributions in this election campaign, the press release reads.

The campaign team also claims that it is “the largest amount raised in one day” in a campaign for a presidential candidate.

The amount corresponds to approximately DKK 555 million.

Harris is the vice president of the United States, but received support to run for president from the Democrats when President Joe Biden announced on Sunday evening that he would not run for re-election.

The support does not mean that Kamala Harris will be the party’s candidate for the election in November.

But she has received support from several Democratic high-profile figures, including Josh Shapiro, governor of the state of Pennsylvania, and Gavin Newsom, governor of California, who were also considered possible candidates.

It is part of history, however, that there are still profiles in the party who would rather not see Kamala Harris accepted as the presidential candidate without opponents.

Chuck Schumer, who leads the party’s Senate caucus, has declined to endorse Harris. Several contributors also prefer that the party’s nomination does not go to Kamala Harris, without there having been a real election.

However, Harris has several major contributors behind him.

Alex Soros, whose father is billionaire philanthropist George Soros, has called on the public to “rally behind Kamala Harris and beat Donald Trump”.

The Soros family is known to be major contributors to the Democrats. When it is campaigning in the US, they usually send double-digit millions to the party.

The Democratic presidential candidate will be formally named at the party’s convention in Chicago, which starts on August 19.

/ritzau/AFP