Obama Plans First Joint Fundraisers With Kamala Harris Next Week
Source: Bloomberg
Barack Obama will join Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris at a pair of fundraising events next Friday, according to people familiar with the former president’s plans. The two will hold a virtual small-dollar fundraiser and also a virtual event for high-dollar donors, with tickets selling for $100,000 or $250,000.
The events will be Obama’s first fundraisers with Harris since Democratic nominee Joe Biden selected her as his running mate in August. Earlier this month, the Biden campaign released a video of a conversation between Obama and Harris in which he gave tips and shared stories about working with Biden, his vice president for eight years.
Obama and Biden held a grassroots fundraiser in June that brought in $7.6 million. An additional $3.4 million was raised from an event reserved for high-dollar donors. Obama also headlined a fundraiser for the Biden campaign in July with actor George Clooney.
The Biden campaign declined to comment. Obama’s team did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren is also scheduled to host a fundraiser for the Biden campaign on Oct. 19,
and Hillary Clinton is slated to join former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Tony Blinken,
Biden’s top foreign policy adviser, for a fundraiser on Oct. 20.
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