{"id":1989533,"date":"2023-08-03T10:22:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-beefs-up-campaign-fundraising-team-on-heels-of-strong-second-quarter\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T10:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:24:41","slug":"biden-beefs-up-campaign-fundraising-team-on-heels-of-strong-second-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-beefs-up-campaign-fundraising-team-on-heels-of-strong-second-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden strengthens campaign fundraising team after successful second quarter."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-beefs-up-campaign-fundraising-team-on-heels-of-strong-second-quarter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1989533&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Joe \u2062Biden Bolsters Fundraising Team with Former DNC Officials<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden is ramping up \u2063his reelection campaign fundraising efforts by adding three former Democratic National Committee (DNC) \u2064officials to his team. This move comes\u2064 just weeks after Biden announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/santos-reports-strong-fundraising-numbers-but-spends-most-of-haul-repaying-debts\/\" title=\"Santos achieves robust fundraising, yet primarily allocates funds to debt repayment.\">strong fundraising haul<\/a> in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, along with the DNC and \u2063their joint committees, raised an impressive $72 million in the \u2063first 10 weeks of his campaign. This \u200dis the highest total for any candidate in the 2024\u2063 cycle. Colleen \u200dCoffey, Michael Pratt, and Jessica Porter, the three staffers joining the campaign, played a crucial role in\u2064 achieving this\u2062 milestone, according\u2062 to Biden campaign manager\u200c Julie Chavez Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Colleen, Michael, \u200band Jessica \u2063have already been invaluable to our historic fundraising efforts to date, and will be critical to our efforts to build an unparalleled and historic fundraising operation to ensure we have the war chest we need to win in November 2024,&#8221; she\u2063 said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These leaders have incomparable expertise that\u200c will ensure\u2062 we leave no stone\u200d unturned to \u2062raise money using innovative tactics that reach supporters where they are. Alongside Rufus Gifford and Chris \u2063Korge, we are\u2064 building a powerhouse finance operation that will raise the \u200cmoney we need to win again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pratt, who previously served as the DNC&#8217;s finance director, and Coffey, his deputy director, will both join \u2064the Biden team as \u200bcampaign finance co-directors. Porter,\u200c formerly the DNC&#8217;s online fundraising director, will serve as \u200bBiden&#8217;s grassroots fundraising director.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Biden raised an impressive $700 million through online and grassroots fundraising, with 70% of the second quarter haul \u200bcoming from new donors. Porter&#8217;s \u200brole will be crucial in driving up those online figures, especially among Gen Z voters, a core demographic\u200b for\u200c Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s strategic move \u200bto strengthen his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-markle-and-the-new-american-dream-of-celebrated-victimhood\/\" title=\"Meghan Markle And The \u2018New American Dream\u2019 Of Celebrated Victimhood\">fundraising team<\/a> comes at a time when two top Republican presidential hopefuls are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rugby-rfu-suspends-worcester-from-all-competitions-amid-financial-issues\/\" title=\"Rugby-RFU suspends Worcester from all competitions amid financial issues\">facing financial challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump, known for his strong support from small donors, raised over $30 million \u2063in \u2062Q2, the highest among Republicans. However, Trump&#8217;s PAC currently has only around $4 million cash on hand due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-beefs-up-campaign-fundraising-team-on-heels-of-strong-second-quarter\/\" title=\"Biden strengthens campaign fundraising team after successful second quarter.\">mounting legal fees resulting<\/a> from three federal indictments.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida recently had to downsize his campaign staff by more than 40% due\u2063 to budget concerns. DeSantis campaign officials initially cited unexpected travel costs, but they now assure that the two-term governor has\u200c the necessary finances and infrastructure to make it through the \u2062general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has enlisted three ex-Democratic National Committee members to bolster his reelection campaign&#8217;s fundraising efforts. This move comes shortly after an impressive $72 million was raised in the first 10 weeks, setting a new record among all candidates. Biden continues to build momentum for his campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1989534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}