President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden set mind-blowing fundraising records last month, but Biden’s records were higher.
The former vice president’s campaign announced Wednesday night that they, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and their joint fundraising committees raised $ 141 million combined in June, which was by far the best monthly figure for the campaign till the date.
Biden’s campaign called it an “amazing amount of money”
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The Democratic campaign for the presidential candidate’s alleged campaign also reported that he brought in a combined total of $ 282 million with the DNC during the second quarter of April-June fundraising, which was another record. And officials announced that they and the DNC outraged their rivals for the second consecutive month.
The Biden team’s announcement came just a couple of hours after the president’s re-election campaign reported that he and the Republican National Committee (RNC) and their joint fundraising companies raised $ 131 million in June, and more. of $ 266 million in the past. three months. The June and second quarter sets were records for the Trump campaign and the RNC.
The Trump team described the fundraising figures as “massive” and “staggering.”
While it ran out for the second month in a row in fundraising, the Trump campaign and the RNC likely retain a huge cash advantage over the Biden and DNC campaign. The president’s team and the RNC reported that they had more than $ 295 million in their campaign coffers. Biden’s campaign and the DNC did not report an available cash figure at their Wednesday night launch. They had a combined total of $ 122 million in the bank at the end of May.
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In an email to supporters, Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillion called the fundraising figures “incredibly exciting” and said they were “a true testament that people are behind Joe Biden “
The campaign highlighted its community outreach and fundraising, reporting that 68 percent of last month’s donors were new and that the overall average online contribution was $ 34.
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, reporting his fundraising figures, said that “the monumental amount of June fundraising shows that people vote with their wallets and that enthusiasm for the reelection of President Trump alone is growing”.
And RNC President Ronna McDaniel emphasized that “after another record-breaking attack, voters are speaking loud and clear: they support President Trump.”
The President has been raising money for his reelection bid since he entered the White House three and a half years ago. And the reelection effort has raised an unprecedented $ 947 million in the past two years.
The former vice president, who declared his candidacy in April last year, struggled to bring cash for much of his campaign. It raised just $ 8.9 million in January and $ 18 million in February. But he saw his fundraising spike starting in March as he became the clear favorite for the Democratic nomination and much of the party rallied around his candidacy for the White House. Biden became the alleged presidential candidate in April, as his last remaining main rival, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, abandoned the race and endorsed the former vice president.
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The fundraising reports come as Biden expanded his leadership of Trump in most national public opinion polls. It also leads the president by single digits in most recent polls in key states on the general election battlefield.
Along with polls, fundraising is another crucial campaign metric. Candidates can use the dollars to raise funds to recruit more staff, increase outreach efforts for grassroots voters, and produce and run television, digital, radio, print and direct mail advertisements.
Allie Raffa and Patrick Ward of Fox News contributed to this report.
