Joe Biden tops Donald Trump in fundraising for second straight month

WASHINGTON — Democratic challenger Joe Biden outraised President Donald Trump by $10 million in June, marking the second straight month the former vice president posted a greater campaign fundraising haul than the Republican incumbent. 

Biden and the Democratic National Committee's fundraising arm jointly raised more than $141 million in June, his campaign said Wednesday, its most in a single month. The money includes boosts from President Barack Obama, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Kamala Harris, each whom hosted virtual fundraisers for Biden in June.

Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $131 million in June, also a "record-setting" figure for the president, the Trump campaign said, eclipsing any one-month total from Trump's 2016 campaign. 

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It leaves the Trump campaign with a war chest of $295 million on hand to spend for the final four months of the campaign, according to the campaign – likely a significant advantage over Biden. The Biden campaign did not say how much available cash it has. The campaign posted $82.4 million on hand after May.

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Biden's average online donation was $34, according to the campaign, which said 68% of all donors were "brand new to our campaign." In all, Biden and the DNC raised $282.1 million in the second quarter, which spans from April through June. Biden's biggest haul came from a virtual fundraiser hosted by Obama that brought in $11 million.

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In an email to supporters announcing the numbers, Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon called the haul "a true testament that the people are standing behind Joe Biden."

"It’s clear that voters are looking for steady leadership, experience, empathy, compassion, and character – and they’ll find all of these qualities in Vice President Joe Biden," she said. 

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The Trump campaign said it raised $4.3 million a day, led by $14 million on Trump's birthday, and $266 million overall in the second quarter, about $16 million less than Biden and his allies.

The campaign, which did not provide an average donation amount, said fundraising efforts were fueled by a "robust digital, mail and online donors base," with the president only holding two fundraising events. The campaign boasted having a "vast cash-on-hand advantage."

“The Trump campaign’s monumental June fundraising haul proves that people are voting with their wallets and that enthusiasm behind President Trump’s re-election is only growing,” Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said. “No one is excited about Joe Biden, which is why he has to rely so heavily on surrogates like Barack Obama and radical Hollywood elites."

In May, the Biden campaign and DNC raised $80.8 million, while the Trump and RNC jointly raised $74 million.

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