Joe Biden Hauls In Nearly $800K From A-Lister Hollywood Fundraiser Last Night

(Deadline) Dominic Patten May 8 2019 10:53pm Pete Buttigieg may be the Democrat running for President soaking up the L.A. spotlight today but the South Bend Indiana Mayor is going to have to get a fundraising move on if he wants to catch up with Joe Biden. The former Vice-Presidents big bucks get-together in former Ambassador to Spain and HBO executive James Costos and his partner and ex-White House interior designer Michael Smiths Beverly Hills home last night pulled in over $750000 and counting a knowledgeable source confirms. With a fundraiser earlier on May 8 and one earlier today thats a big reward for once Hollywood regular Bidens first ATM visit since formally announcing his third bid for the White House on April 25. Leading in the dough and in the polls Bidens success may be a spurt out of the gate or a long term problem for the more than 20 other Dems in the race to replace Donald Trump to be able to get their hands on serious Tinseltown cash. In pursuit Mayor Pete the gay religious Afghanistan war veteran and Rhodes Scholar is in L.A. Thursday. Buttigieg started off at a union rally in support of a LAUSD ballot measure ahead of the June 4 elections here followed by a grassroots" event in the afternoon.