A group of deep-pocketed progressive donors has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential election, The New York Times reported Monday.
The Democracy Alliance, a major center-left donor group, voted Sunday to endorse Harris in the next election. according to The group’s members, who joined a coalition of wealthy donors backing Harris, have given more than $2 billion to liberal campaigns and organizations over the past two decades, according to The New York Times.
“We are 100 percent committed and ready to run, and we will win,” Democracy Alliance president Pamela Schiffman said in a statement, according to The New York Times. (Related article: What’s happening to Biden’s roughly $100 million campaign fund?)
The Democratic Alliance was not established to distribute funds, but rather to serve as a forum for wealthy liberal donors to coordinate spending. according to When the organization was first founded, prospective members were required to pay a $25,000 initiation fee to join the club, plus another $30,000 in annual dues and contribute a minimum of $200,000 annually to causes supported by the Democracy Alliance.
Organization website Recruit The group aims to “coordinate, strategize, and win” by connecting wealthy individuals with labor unions, activists, nonprofits, and elected officials. Democracy Alliance claims to have channeled money to win “critical Midwestern governorship positions” in the 2022 midterm elections.
“Together we are working not only to defend our democracy, but to build it into the just, multiracial, feminist democracy we deserve,” the group’s website says.
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris walk back to the Oval Office after an event on gun violence in the Rose Garden (Photo by Drew Ungerer/Getty Images)
Harris got more good news early Monday when Disney heiress Abigail Disney, who had threatened to withhold donations from the Democratic Party unless President Joe Biden was removed from the running, announced she would donate to Harris’ campaign and host a fundraiser for the vice president, The New York Times reported. Suzi Tompkins Buell, a California-based megadonor who supported Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, also plans to host a fundraiser for Harris.
Ron Conway, a leading liberal donor from Silicon Valley, has also pledged to support Harris. “The tech industry must unite to defeat Donald Trump and unite behind Vice President Kamala Harris to protect our democracy,” Conway said in a statement, according to The New York Times.
Harris raised more than $81 million in the 24 hours after Biden announced he would not seek reelection, the Associated Press reported. report.
Saurabh Ghosh, a former lawyer for the Federal Election Commission (FEC), told Reuters last week that about 100,000 of Biden’s remaining campaign funds are in the hands of $96 million As of June 30, it should be easy for Harris to get the bill, but FEC Chairman Sean Cooksey said it’s “very complicated” and he expects conservatives to challenge Harris’ attempts to use campaign funds.
As of Monday, more than 1,000 delegates had indicated their intention to support Harris at the Democratic National Convention in August, more than half the total she needs to win the nomination, according to the Associated Press.
The Democracy Alliance did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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