By Ben Christopher

Polls suggest Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris is no longer the front runner in her home state. But year-to-date, she remains the preferred candidate by that other major metric of campaign success: money.

Yet even in the race for cash, her share of itemized California contributions has plummeted from a high of 60% in January to a low of 8% in September.

Last month, the single candidate taking the largest portion of those California contributions was President Donald Trump, with 30%. But that doesn’t mean the “Resistance State” has suddenly gone all Trumpy — keep in mind, 70% of contributions went to the array of contenders aiming to oust him.

Another caveat: This data doesn’t capture small donors. Most people don’t give money to presidential campaigns, and even fewer give enough to show up on federal campaign finance databases. Contributions only have to be “itemized,” with the name and zip code of the donor made public, if that presidential donor’s contributions amount to at least $200 a year.

The latest round of campaign finance totals just published by the Federal Election Commission show Harris raised $11.5 million in itemized contributions from California in the first nine months of 2019. That’s more than any other candidate.

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