Obama Plans First Joint Fundraisers With Kamala Harris Next Week

(Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama will join Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris at a pair of fundraising events next Friday, according to people familiar with the former president’s plans.

The two will hold a virtual small-dollar fundraiser and also a virtual event for high-dollar donors, with tickets selling for $100,000 or $250,000.

The events will be Obama’s first fundraisers with Harris since Democratic nominee Joe Biden selected her as his running mate in August. Earlier this month, the Biden campaign released a video of a conversation between Obama and Harris in which he gave tips and shared stories about working with Biden, his vice president for eight years.

Obama and Biden held a grassroots fundraiser in June that brought in $7.6 million. An additional $3.4 million was raised from an event reserved for high-dollar donors. Obama also headlined a fundraiser for the Biden campaign in July with actor George Clooney.

Both the Biden Obama teams declined to comment.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is also scheduled to host a fundraiser for the Biden campaign on Oct. 19, and Hillary Clinton is slated to join former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Tony Blinken, Biden’s top foreign policy adviser, for a fundraiser on Oct. 20.

The Biden campaign set a fundraising record in August, bringing in $364.5 million and overtaking the enormous financial advantage President Donald Trump had when Biden became the presumptive nominee in April. Biden’s campaign entered September with $466 million in the bank while the Trump’s campaign entered the month with $325 million.

©2020 Bloomberg L.P.