As of July 31, 2024, the end of the most recent presidential campaign finance filing period, Vice President Kamala Harris (D) led the field of noteworthy candidates in fundraising with $501 million in cumulative receipts, followed by former President Donald Trump (R) with $269 million, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) with $58 million, Jill Stein (G) with $2 million, and Chase Oliver (L) with $268,981.
Following President Joe Biden’s (D) withdrawal from the presidential race on July 21, 2024, Harris took over the Biden-Harris principal campaign committee. Looking at funds raised from July 1 to July 31, 2024, Harris raised $204 million, Trump raised $48 million, Kennedy raised $6 million, Stein raised $310,068, and Oliver raised $73,536.
Harris also leads in cash on hand with $220 million and in cumulative spending with $281 million in disbursements. She is followed by Trump with $117 million in disbursements and $151 million cash on hand, Kennedy with $54 million in disbursements and $4 million cash on hand, Stein with $1 million in disbursements and $98,695 cash on hand, and Oliver with $230,283 in disbursements and $38,698 cash on hand.
Adjusting for inflation, Harris’ 2024 cumulative fundraising ($501 million) is higher than Joe Biden’s (D) fundraising at this point in the 2020 cycle ($355 million) and Hillary Clinton’s (D) fundraising at this point in the 2016 cycle ($373 million).
Trump’s 2024 cumulative fundraising as of July 31 ($269 million) is lower than his cumulative fundraising at this point in 2020 ($448 million), and higher than his cumulative fundraising at this point in 2016 ($146 million).
Looking at each major party presidential candidate since 2008, former President Barack Obama’s (D) 2008 presidential campaign had the highest fundraising at this point in the cycle, at $551 million adjusting for inflation. Trump’s 2016 fundraising was the lowest at this point in the cycle for any major party presidential candidate in this time period.
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