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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Obama raised $51 million in July with 65,000 new donors

In the post below, I gave an update on the McCain/Bush campaign money. McCain's campaign alone raised $27 million in July so he's relying heavily on Bush's campaign cash to attack Obama. McCain and Bush/RNC combined raised $53 million in July.

Just got an email from Team Obama touting the July fundraising numbers:

Senator Barack Obama’s campaign announced today that more than 65,000 new donors contributed to the Obama campaign during the month of July, bringing the total raised for the month to over $51 million. More than 2 million people have now contributed to the campaign.

“The 65,000 new donors to the Obama campaign demonstrate just how strongly the American people are looking to fundamentally change business as usual in Washington. We are proud of the millions of volunteers and more than two million donors to the Obama campaign who will provide the backbone of our campaign to put America back on track and reject the old politics and failed Bush policies, which is all John McCain is offering,” said David Plouffe, campaign manager of Obama for America.
This doesn't include the DNC's totals. Just got an email update from the DNC, which raised $27.7 million in July outraising the RNC for the first time since October of 2004.

The DNC has $28.5 million cash on hand (The RNC has $75 million), while Obama has $65.8 million. At the end of July, the Democratic team had $94.3 million while McCain/Bush/RNC had $96 million.

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