Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic National Committee tripled former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee‘s fundraising in the month of August, growing the Democratic Party’s financial advantage with just over six weeks before the general election.
Harris and the DNC raised $257 million to Trump and the RNC’s $85 million in August, FEC records showed.
The colossal month for Democrats illustrates Harris’s fundraising power since she took over for President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee. Recently, Harris took in $47 million in the 24 hours after her Sept. 10 debate with Trump.
The Harris campaign and the DNC entered September with $286 million on hand, while the Trump campaign and the RNC had $214 million. Democrats spent much of what it had raised in August, $258 million, compared to the RNC and the Trump campaign’s $121 million in expenditures.
Democrats’ growing fundraising lead likely means Republicans won’t be able to catch up in spending by the Nov. 5 general election. Axios reported that there was growing panic in GOP circles, given the debate largely didn’t boost Trump’s fundraising.