Kamala Harris sets record for biggest fund-raising quarter ever

Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign set a record for the biggest fund-raising quarter ever this fall, raising $1 billion in the three-month period that ended Sept. 30. Harris's campaign and its allied party committees said they raised $378 million in September alone, compared with the $160 million reported by former President Donald Trump's campaign and allied groups.

Harris and her groups said they entered October with $348 million on hand; Trump's aides said his campaign and its affiliated groups had $283 million.

The vast gap between Harris's and Trump's committees was laid bare in new filings made with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday evening. The figures show the state of the race as of the end of September, and they capture the fallout of the presidential debate that month, which Harris was widely perceived to have won.


Each month since Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, she has significantly out-raised and outspent Trump, building a vastly bigger campaign than has the Republican nominee. In September, the margin by which Harris's principal campaign committee out-raised Trump was nearly identical to the margin by which she outspent him - about 3.5 to 1.

Harris's committee raised about $222 million in September, while Trump's raised about $63 million. Harris's committee entered October with about $187 million on hand; Trump's committee had just about $120 million.

The vast majority of both campaign committees' spending was on advertising. About $222 million of the $270 million that Harris's campaign spent in September was on media buys and production costs. Trump spent about $53 million on media costs, a slightly smaller proportion of the $78 million that his campaign spent during that 30-day period.