Newsom fundraising for fellow Dems hit $11.6 million in 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s best-profile moments in the 2020 election have highlighted him effusively praising the work of President Donald Trump — or at the very least declining to lay into the president.

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In this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, file picture, Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters just after voting below Covid-19 protocols at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif.

But at the rear of the scenes, the leader of the nation’s greatest point out — and its unofficial political ATM — has been burning up Zoom phone calls and increasing thousands and thousands of bucks to oust Trump.

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Newsom tapped his community of donors to provide in about $11.6 million for candidates and will cause more than the 2020 election cycle, in accordance to summaries of his action shared with POLITICO. Newsom’s overall includes a combined more than $8 million for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Biden’s freshly unveiled record of bundlers attributes various customers of Congress and Democratic leaders who have elevated dollars for the ticket, which include 2020 major opponents and former contenders for Biden’s VP choose. But the threshold to appear on the roster of elite fundraisers, just $100,000, is so small that it’s tough to make direct comparisons. Nevertheless, Newsom’s totals likely make him one of the most important rainmakers between Democratic politicians, and undoubtedly a person of the greatest without a reliable community existence in the campaign.

Where Newsom has been most seen on the nationwide stage has been with Trump. They toured fire-ravaged parts in California this slide, where by Trump boasted about their romantic relationship, which Newsom described as “very effective” as he pledged to place politics aside. At Trump’s final burst of rallies in recent months and previously in Trump’s Tv set adverts, the president’s marketing campaign has featured online video of Newsom and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testifying to the Republican administration’s efforts to fight the coronavirus.

Newsom and Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California’s to start with husband or wife, held a fifty percent-dozen digital fundraisers for Biden around the spring and fall. Newsom also headlined fundraisers for Harris this spring, and late very last yr when she was still a candidate herself, that lifted $1 million apiece.

Down-ticket, Newsom aided raise at least $2 million for Home races, substantially of it with and for California Democrats, as perfectly as $500,000 to assist Democratic governors and $250,000 for Senate candidates, with cash going to Jaime Harrison in South Carolina, Steve Bullock in Montana, Mark Kelly in Arizona and various other candidates running in near races in Maine, Iowa, Ga, Colorado and North Carolina.