(2025-08-25) In Private Deal The Dnc Covered20 Million In Harris Bills Postelection

In Private Deal, the D.N.C. Covered $20 Million in Harris Bills Post-Election. Not long after Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election, her senior advisers and the Democratic National Committee struck a handshake deal.

The private agreement was this: The party would pick up the tab for any outstanding 2024 bills, allowing Ms. Harris to claim she did not end the race in debt. In turn, Ms. Harris would raise the money to cover all of those leftover costs, leaving the party whole financially as it sought to navigate the second Trump era.

Left in the dark were the small donors who received nearly 100 email solicitations sent from the Harris operation this year alone on behalf of the D.N.C.

The D.N.C.’s finances, meanwhile, are on shaky ground.
Money is so tight that party officials began discussing whether the committee should consider tapping a line of credit

A review of email fund-raising requests shows the Harris spigot has now turned off

It is not clear if nearly all the remaining Harris bills had been fully paid or covered with fund-raising, but the payments have slowed to a trickle.