Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign said it raised more than $20 million in the hours after she announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice presidential pick.  

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  • Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign said it raised more than $20 million in the hours after she announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice presidential pick 
  • The campaign announced the fundraising haul as Harris and Walz were on stage Tuesday evening in Philadelphia for their first joint rally that is set to kick off the pair’s battleground state tour this week 
  • Harris on Tuesday selected the Minnesota governor as her running mate hours after the Democratic National Committee announced she had officially clinched the party’s nomination
  • The new fundraising haul in the wake of Walz’s selection as the vice presidential pick, builds on the Harris campaign’s substantial $310 million raised in July

The campaign announced the fundraising haul as Harris and Walz were on stage Tuesday evening in Philadelphia for their first joint rally to kick off the pair’s battleground state blitz this week.

Just ahead of Tuesday’s rally, the campaign announced it raised $10 million following Walz’s selection from grassroots supporters alone. 

Harris on Tuesday selected the Minnesota governor as her running mate hours after the Democratic National Committee announced she had officially clinched the party’s nomination, winning 99% of the pledged and automatic delegates in a virtual roll call vote that closed on Monday. 

Walz, 60-year-old former public school teacher and veteran, was elected governor of Minnesota in 2018. Recently, he has been touted by Democrats as an effective communicator for the party, widely credited with starting the messaging strategy that has taken off within the Harris campaign of branding Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, as “weird.” He also previously served in the U.S. House representing a district that had leaned Republican.

The new fundraising haul in the wake of Walz’s selection as the vice presidential pick, builds on the Harris campaign’s substantial $310 million raised in July. The campaign called it the biggest haul in the 2024 election cycle and the best grassroots fundraising month in U.S. history.

Two-thirds of the haul came from first-time donors, the campaign said, building on the $200 million that Harris raised in the week since President Joe Biden stepped down from the top of the ticket and endorsed his vice president to replace him. More than 3 million donors made 4.2 million contributions in July, the campaign said, more than 2 million of whom made their first donations of the 2024 election.

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump's campaign announced raising $138.7 million in July. 

But Trump's campaign says it has $327 million in cash on hand, about $50 million less than what Harris' campaign says it has in its reserves.

Spectrum News' Justin Tasolides contributed to this report.