Harris reports flat Q2 fundraising total of nearly $12M

Kamala Harris, whose late-June debate performance lifted to into the top ranks of the Democratic presidential field, raked in $12 million during the second quarter of 2019, well short of rivals Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg.

The California senator’s fundraising haul was built on contributions of 279,000 donors, including almost 150,000 new contributors, according to her campaign. But most of the April-through-June fundraising period elapsed before Harris’ breakout debate performance in which she challenged Biden, a former vice president and 36-year Delaware senator, over his 1970s-era opposition to school busing.