WASHINGTON, DC (NV) – Having just been nominated to replace President Joe Biden to run for president this November, Vice President Kamala Harris has received financial support from many major donors, including many who have supported her in the past, CNBC reported on Sunday, July 21.
Shortly after Biden announced he was dropping out of the White House race and endorsing Harris to replace him, major donors from her 2016 and 2020 campaigns immediately mobilized to mobilize wealthy financial contributors to back the vice president in November’s presidential election.
“I reached out to a lot of the vice president’s supporters from New York to California, and we came together as an organization to start the fundraising machine for her,” said Jon Henes, vice chairman of the Harris National Fundraising Committee when she ran for president in 2020.
Immediately after Mr. Biden announced his support for Ms. Harris to replace him as president, the Biden campaign filed documents with the Federal Election Commission to change the name to “Vote Harris for President.”
Billionaire Reid Hoffman plans to donate more money to support Harris’ candidacy than he has contributed to President Biden throughout the 2024 election campaign, a person familiar with the matter said.
More donors are expected to pour in next month at Harris’s presidential campaign in the Hamptons on Long Island. After President Biden dropped out of the race, Alexander Soros, son of billionaire George Soros, tweeted Sunday that “it’s time for all of us to unite behind Vice President Harris to defeat Donald Trump.”
Still, Harris’ financial support remains far from widespread, meaning she will need to work harder to attract donors within the Democratic Party. (TTHN)