Where President Biden’s $96 million in campaign funds goes now

President Biden won’t be seeking reelection, but he’s already raised close to $100 million to help his cause. Here's what happens to his campaign fund.

Jul 23, 2024 - 00:30
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Where President Biden’s $96 million in campaign funds goes now

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Conway Gittens: I’m Conway Gittens reporting from the New York Stock Alternate. Right style relevant here’s what we’re gazing on TheStreet at the latest time.

Volatility is anticipated to be the title of the game with the Nasdaq and the S&P five hundred coming off their worst weeks since April. Traders also will have rather just a quantity of profits to recollect this week with one-third of the S&P five hundred reporting penalties. You are ready to also throw politics contained in the combo, with traders in search of to find out out what President Biden’s exit from the White Home race may desire to suggest for the future.

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Sticking with the intersection of cash and politics - there’s a $Ninety six million query placing contained in the air…what occurs to the bundle President Biden’s re-election crusade has yet to spend, now that he’s out of the race?

In fundamental terms because Vice President Kamala Harris became already on the ticket, she has get entry to to that cash. Besides, her crusade already raised extra than $50 million contained in the hours without lengthen after President Biden backed her to take his location contained in the race. But Harris doesn’t robotically substitute her boss, that manner that any various contender may desire to step in to venture Harris. In the event that they do, they gained’t have get entry to to any of that cash, which in level of fact manner they’ll be opening from zero. There are some exceptions of path, if a member of the Senate or the Home takes over for Biden, leftover cash from their preceding campaigns may relevant be transferred to the presidential crusade.

There’s also the site of the Democratic National Committee and kingdom parties, which have about $a hundred and forty four million in their coffers. The DNC and the candidate can coordinate messaging and advert shopping for across a diversity states, but that’s now now not the case with any various source of cash. Deep-pocketed outside spending organisations like substantial political action committees are prohibited from coordinating advert buys with the crusade.

All these coverage policies suggest Democrats scramble. The Trump crusade and the Republican National Committee already have a lead with $285 million contained in the fiscal establishment as of the cease of June, that’s $forty 5 extra than the Democrats.

That’ll do it to your Every day Briefing. From the New York Stock Alternate, I”m Conway Gittens with TheStreet.

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