Joe Biden, DNC raise more money than Donald Trump, RNC for 2nd straight month

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Joe Biden is surging in the polls and in his bank account.

The former vice president, in conjunction with the Democratic National Committee, announced a massive fundraising haul for June, raising $141 million, and $282.1 million last quarter, both record sums that outpace the numbers released by President Donald Trump’s reelection effort earlier Wednesday night.

In June, 68% of donors were new to the campaign and the overall average online donation was $34. More than 2.6 million also signed up to join the campaign, according to a release announcing the fundraising totals.

The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee announced earlier they had brought in a whopping, then-record-breaking $266 million in the second quarter of 2020 -- only to be upstaged by the Democrats hours later.

In June, Trump Victory, the joint fundraising committee between the RNC and the Trump campaign, along with other authorized joint fundraising committees, brought in $131 million, a significant jump in fundraising for the president's team after being outraised by the presumptive Democratic nominee in May. But still, they are facing a second straight month trailing in fundraising.

Biden and the DNC brought in $80.8 million in May, outpacing the $74 million raised by the joint Republican effort.

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