Joe Biden’s Los Angeles Fundraising Swing Brings In More Than $15 Million, Jeffrey Katzenberg Says
deadline.comJoe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden wrapped up a weekend of fundraising in Los Angeles on Sunday, with a record amount raised.
More than $15 million was raised through the weekend, including for the Biden Victory Fund, said campaign co-chair Jeffrey Katzenberg, founding partner of WndrCo.
That is the most raised for a single visit to Los Angeles of any president or presidential candidate, he said. It also surpassed the amount raised by Barack Obama in May, 2012, when Obama headlined a fundraiser at the home of George Clooney and co-hosted by Katzenberg.
That fundraising trip brought in almost $15 million. Through the weekend, Biden and the first lady headlined seven events, including private gatherings with high-dollar donors and a Hollywood-centric fundraiser on Friday evening at the Holmby Hills home of James Costos, the former U.S.
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