Posted at 3:33 a.m., Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Clinton raises $27 million, outpaces Obama
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign announced today that she raised $27 million from July through September, significantly outpacing chief rival Barack Obama.The campaign boasted about the results in an e-mail to supporters that noted it was her best fundraising quarter yet. It's the first time she's dominated Obama, who raised $20 million in the same period and has given her an unexpectedly tight competition in the money race.
Clinton's total includes $22 million that she can spend on the primary race. She has to save the rest for the general election and will have to return it if she doesn't win the nomination.
Obama's total included $19 million for the primary, meaning in total this year he's still outraised her in primary dollars — $74.9 million to $72.6 million.
