A $51 Million July
16 August 2008 2:30 pm by Taylor Marsh
Guest post by Scan
July proved to be one of Obama’s best fundraising months, besting McCain’s haul of $27 million by a nearly 2-1 margin.
Sen. Barack Obama raised $51 million in July, falling short of his one-month record, but raising enough to end the month with $65.8 million in the bank — a formidable number for the middle of the summer. Obama’s July fundraising efforts, which were interrupted by a week in Europe, yielded one of the highest monthly totals for his campaign, and for any presidential candidate. Obama set the record for a single month of fundraising, with $55 million in February, during the height of the hotly contested Democratic primary fight. He raised just over $52 million in June.
“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, Obama’s campaign manager.
Obama’s numbers far surpass those of McCain for July. The presumptive Republican nominee raised his highest total of the campaign, $27 million. And he finished with $21 million in the bank.
Additionally, 65,000 new donors have been added, bringing the total to over 2 million…and Obama will need every one of them when McCain receives his $84 million in federal funds next month.
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