Biden and the Democrats raise $97 million to close out 2023 after a December fundraising blitz

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee said they raised more than $97 million in the final three months of last year, boosted by a star-studded December fundraising blitz that came even as the political world's attention shifted to the start of the 2024 Republican presidential primary.

The Biden campaign said Monday that it took in $235 million from its launch last April until the end of 2023 and finished the year with $117 million in cash on hand - which it said was the highest total amassed by any Democratic candidate at this point in the cycle. More than 520,000 donors made 926,000-plus contributions in the quarter, it said.

''This historic haul - proudly powered by strong and growing grassroots enthusiasm - sends a clear message,'' Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the manager of Biden's reelection campaign, said in a statement. ''Our democracy and hard-fought basic rights and freedoms are on the line in 2024, and these numbers prove that the American people know the stakes.''

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