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By Kate Plummer
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Vice President Kamala Harris has had a major fundraising boost, raising $200 million in the week since she emerged as the likely Democratic 2024 presidential nominee.
Last Sunday, President Joe Biden dropped out the of race and endorsed Harris following weeks of interparty fighting among Democrats on whether he should pass the torch after his poor performance in the first presidential debate against Donald Trump in June.
Since then, Harris' campaign has raised $200 million, with the campaign attributing 66 percent of donations to first-time contributors in the 2024 election cycle.
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In Pittsfield, Massachusetts, alone, the campaign raised $1.4 million during a Saturday fundraiser. The event had been expected to raise $400,000, Harris' campaign said.
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"The momentum and energy for Vice President Harris is real—and so are the fundamentals of this race: this election will be very close and decided by a small number of voters in just a few states," Michael Tyler, the campaign's communications director, wrote in a memo, The Associated Press reported.
Newsweek contacted Harris's campaign for additional comment by email outside of normal business hours.
Harris was receiving donations of $20,000 per minute at one point on Thursday, her campaign team said, when it hosted a Zoom call for white women to "answer the call" and "show up for Kamala Harris."
Her campaign also raised more money in two days than former President Trump's campaign raised in the whole of June, they said.
The pro-Harris PAC Future Forward also announced on Monday that it had raised $150 million in funds since Biden dropped out of the race, according to the AP.
"The historic outpouring of support for Vice President Harris represents exactly the kind of grassroots energy and enthusiasm that wins elections," Harris campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz said in a statement last week.
"Already, we are seeing a broad and diverse coalition come together to support our critical work of talking to the voters that will decide this election," Munoz added.
Since becoming the de facto Democratic candidate, commentators have opined on Harris' chances of winning the election.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said in a Friday column for Fox News that Harris could be a "shockingly better" presidential candidate than Republicans expect.
However, she has faced criticism from her rival Trump who called her a "radical left lunatic" who was "evil" and "unhinged" during a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota on Saturday.
The presidential election takes place on November 5.
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