Overview

• Federal filings and recent reporting indicate the DNC has covered roughly $20.5 million in leftover expenses from Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign.
• Nearly 100 DNC fundraising emails tied to Harris and related events did not explicitly tell donors that proceeds were going to retire past campaign bills, according to the New York Times.
• Axios reports the committee spent more than $15 million this year on those costs, leaving about $15 million cash on hand versus roughly $80 million for the RNC by late summer.
• Payments cited in reports include $548,050 to a charter flight company, about $2.1 million to media firm Assembly House LLC, and $237,201 to Covington & Burling.
• Harris permitted use of her email list and held small events to raise money, though people familiar told Axios the totals have been disappointing as criticism of DNC leadership has grown.