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Biden’s first campaign fundraiser with Obama raises $4 million

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s first 2020 fundraiser with former President Barack Obama has netted more than $4 million from more than 120,000 people, ahead of their joint appearance on Tuesday, the campaign said.

The virtual event could amount to Biden’s largest haul from small-dollar donors and comes on the heels of the Democratic Party and his campaign out-raising President Donald Trump in May for the first time, $80.8 million to $74 million.

The Republican president, who has been campaigning for a second term since 2017, still has a spending advantage, ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.

Trump’s campaign, party and other fundraising entities had $265 million in cash at the end of May.

The Democrats and Biden, who launched his campaign in April 2019, held a combined $122 million, not including some fundraising entities that have not disclosed their records.

Early in the 2020 campaign, Biden’s weak fundraising numbers compared to some of his Democratic competitors were a source of concern.

But he has seen his fundraising from donors pick up in recent weeks as his lead in national opinion polls grew and the country reacted to incidents of police brutality.

The event on Tuesday also shows the drawing power of Obama.

He endorsed Biden, his former vice-president, in April but has not been actively campaigning for Biden as in-person events were largely canceled, due to the coronavirus.

The Biden campaign is hoping to come close to matching Trump’s war chest so it can counter his advertising, get-out-the-vote operations in battleground states, and eventual campaign travel with their own.

A high-dollar fundraising event held last week for Biden with 620 donors and hosted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren took in $6 million, the most ever for Biden’s campaign.(Reuters/NAN)

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