Kamala Harris raises $1.5 million in first 24 hours

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign raised $1.5 million in its first 24 hours, her campaign aides told POLITICO, a massive haul for the first-term senator from California that tied Bernie Sanders’ one-day total from his 2016 presidential campaign.

Small-dollar donations are an early litmus test in what is anticipated to be a crowded Democratic field. Others who have opened exploratory committees, including fellow Sens. Elizabeth Warren, on New Year’s Eve, and Kirsten Gillibrand, last week, have yet to make public any of their campaign fundraising numbers.

Harris, who announced her candidacy on Monday, crossed the $1 million threshold before 7:30 p.m. and raised $1.5 million from 38,000 donors, her aides said. As a point of comparison, Sanders’ early 2015 cash haul came from about 35,000 donors who gave an average of $43.50, his campaign said at the time.

Harris’ 2020 average online contribution was $37.

Harris’ campaign in the first 12 hours made $110,000 in revenue from its online merchandise store that sells t-shirts, hats and tote bags — breaking the single-day, single-candidate record for sales by the vendor, Bumperactive. The company worked for the likes of Beto O’Rourke and Andrew Gillum in the 2018 midterms, according to published reports.




https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/kamala-harris-15-million-first-day-1119125