$24.8 Million Raised in 24 Hours: Trump Adds to His Financial Advantage – The New York Times

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As an incumbent president, Mr. Trump also has the advantage of raising larger sums of money through his party.

A spokesman for the R.N.C. said the $24.8 million figure was the total for the Trump campaign and its two joint fund-raising committees with the party, which can accept bigger checks. Republicans organized a day of phone calls to major donors on Tuesday to maximize their fund-raising haul.

All told, $6 million was raised online, with an average contribution of $44; $8 million came from the phone-bank operation run jointly by the campaign and the R.N.C.; and $10.8 million came from larger donors to the R.N.C., a party official said.

Mr. Trump also attended a fund-raiser on Wednesday at his resort in Doral, Fla., that was expected to raise about $4 million, according to a person briefed on the numbers.

Mr. Trump filed papers with the Federal Election Commission for his re-election campaign on Jan. 20, 2017, the day he was inaugurated, but his team considered Tuesday the public kickoff of his 2020 bid.