The Trump campaign and RNC raised more cash this quarter than any 2020 candidate


President Trump has a fundraising feat of his own to share.
Together with the Republican National Committee, the Trump campaign raised a whopping $125 million in the third fundraising quarter of 2019, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale announced Tuesday. That's significantly more than Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) recordbreaking haul, and could even beat the combined total raised by all the 2020 Democrats in the past three months.
Monday marked the Federal Election Commission deadline for third-quarter fundraising for 2020 presidential candidates, and most of them started to report those totals Tuesday morning. That's when Sanders revealed his $25.3 million gain, up from $18 million in the second quarter and the largest single-quarter haul of any Democrat this cycle. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced he'd pulled in $6 million, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said she'd gotten $11.6 million, and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg reported $19.1 million.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Yet even combined, those dollars don't come near the Trump total. It's not clear just yet how much of that money came from general RNC donations and how much went right to the Trump campaign, but it does leave Trump with a massive $156 million war chest of cash on hand, Parscale tweeted.
Still, there's no telling the 2020 Democrats' combined third-quarter fundraising total just yet, seeing as the top two contenders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), have yet to reveal their Q3 hauls.
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
-
Jack Draper: can Britain's Wimbledon hopeful unseat Carlos Alcaraz?
In the Spotlight 'Volcano of emotion' smashes his racket during defeat in Queen's semi-final but world No.4 shows 'fighting spirit'
-
Crossword: June 23, 2025
The Week's daily crossword
-
How far would Russia go for Iran?
Today's Big Question US air strikes represent an 'embarrassment, provocation and opportunity' all rolled into one for Vladimir Putin
-
Shakespeare not an absent spouse, study proposes
speed read A letter fragment suggests that the Shakespeares lived together all along, says scholar Matthew Steggle
-
New Mexico to investigate death of Gene Hackman, wife
speed read The Oscar-winning actor and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home with no signs of foul play
-
Giant schnauzer wins top prize at Westminster show
Speed Read Monty won best in show at the 149th Westminster Kennel Club dog show
-
Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar take top Grammys
Speed Read Beyoncé took home album of the year for 'Cowboy Carter' and Kendrick Lamar's diss track 'Not Like Us' won five awards
-
The Louvre is giving 'Mona Lisa' her own room
Speed Read The world's most-visited art museum is getting a major renovation
-
Honda and Nissan in merger talks
Speed Read The companies are currently Japan's second and third-biggest automakers, respectively
-
Taylor Swift wraps up record-shattering Eras tour
Speed Read The pop star finally ended her long-running tour in Vancouver, Canada
-
Drake claims illegal boosting, defamation
Speed Read The rapper accused Universal Music of boosting Kendrick Lamar's diss track and said UMG allowed him to be falsely accused of pedophilia