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Exclusive: Harris' election effort raises around $500 million in a month.

Sources say. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris applauds as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during Day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois. U.S.A.

Kamala Harris White House campaign fuels merchandise boom.

THE lightning rise of Kamala Harris in the race for the White House has energised Democrats across the United States - but it is also delivering a boost to merchandise vendors.


At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week, a cornucopia of swag themed around the internet-friendly vice-president and her running mate Tim Walz is enticing delegates to part with their cash. As Vendors in the city’s downtown area...?. told AFP. What's been a slow day, so slow had been looking like a depressingly slow summer. Then suddenly until Harris jumped into the race, (mummy) aiming to become the first woman in the Oval Office, and only the second non-white president in US history after Barack Obama.

“It’s fair to say that the excitement and the enthusiasm that has surrounded Kamala Harris & Tim Walz, there’s no comparison as far as Joe Biden or even Donald Trump, really,” stallholder Brian Randolph told AFP outside McCormick Place, one of main convention venues.

“This definitely has even Barack Obama feel to it, be'cos it’s an opportunity to make history. People are proud to make history.”
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