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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fundraising is the absorption close present successful the 2024 Race for the White House.
"Money talks, wealth buys ads, wealth gets billboards, wealth gets lit and the newspapers," says Monte Forkas, Democratic Voter.
The Fresno County Democratic Party tells Action News that excitement has been gathering since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the Presidential Race 10 days ago.
"Our telephone started ringing disconnected the hook that day that Sunday afternoon, and it has conscionable been ringing disconnected the hook since," says Patty Cappelluti, Fresno Democratic Party Fundraising Chair.
The Harris run has raised implicit $200 million, the run calling it historical for immoderate statesmanlike candidate.
"Mostly tiny dollar donations, this is not billionaires trying to tally the authorities with their money. This is tiny dollar donations that mundane radical are wanting to spot her successful office," says Cappelluti.
Local democrats besides accidental the fig of radical signing up to unpaid with the enactment has quadrupled since Harris stepped into the race.
Monte is simply a Democratic elector successful Fresno. He was connected the 'White Dudes for Harris' Zoom telephone Monday night. This is the latest radical rallying for the Democratic Nominee. The telephone lasted implicit 3 hours and raised implicit $4 million.
"It's conscionable a wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Very exciting. It was conscionable a truly uplifting acquisition precise positive. Lots of bully messages to beryllium heard," says Forkas.
Republican VP hopeful JD Vance is present trying to boost vigor on connected the run trail. Stopping successful the Central Valley connected Wednesday, speaking straight to section donors.
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ABC30 Political Analyst and longtime Valley Democrat Henry Perea says this is simply a astute halt for immoderate enactment arsenic the vale holds important value.
"There's a batch of voters successful this valley, evidently there's a batch of money. It's successful an ag country wherever he's holding his lawsuit truthful they're going to beryllium a batch of ag wealth going his way," says Perea.
That wealth volition boost 2 of the astir competitory House Races successful the country. Democrat Adam Gray, erstwhile again challenging Congressman John Duarte. And Democrat Rudy Salas, taking connected again Congressman David Valadao. According to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, some Democratic candidates person raised astir a cardinal dollars.
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