WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Republican former President 's campaign and its related affiliates announced Thursday that they had raised $138.7 million last month 鈥� less than what his new opponent in November's election, Vice President , took in during her White House bid's opening week.
Trump's campaign says it has $327 million in cash on hand heading into August, with the election now just a bit more than three months away. Harris鈥� campaign has yet to announce its July fundraising totals or say how much it has in campaign funds, but it says the vice president鈥檚 entry into the race has sparked a wave of new donations and volunteers.
The former president's campaign, the Republican National Committee and other entities previously announced raising $331 million in the three-month period that ended in June 鈥� meaning their July totals were above that pace.
They may have been helped by Trump surviving an assassination attempt during a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, which galvanized some of his supporters, and his subsequently announcing his running mate, Ohio Sen. , at the in Milwaukee.
Some Democrats were once panicked about the party鈥檚 prospects of a November loss by President . But donors gave enough that Harris' team announced it had in the first week after Biden revealed on July 21 that he was .
The vice president has since intensified her travel schedule and unleased a flurry of advertising presenting her personal story and criticizing Trump. Some in her party who felt like Trump was favored in November after the 81-year-old Biden鈥檚 on June 27 now see a new race with the 59-year-old Harris.
Harris will become her party's formal presidential nominee by to the Democratic National Convention in a process set to conclude Monday, and she is expected to around the same time. The Democratic convention opens .
Will Weissert, The Associated Press
