Trump raises about half as much as Clinton in campaign’s final weeks, finance reports show [View all]
Source: Washington Post
Donald Trump raised about half as much as Hillary Clinton for his presidential campaign in the first 19 days of October, putting him at a severe financial disadvantage in the crucial final days of the White House contest, new campaign finance reports filed late Thursday show.
The Republican nominee raised just $28.9 million for his campaign committee over that period, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. His campaign and two joint GOP fundraising committees raised a total of $61 million in the first 19 days of the month -- a fall-off from September, when the three committees together pulled in $100 million, including $53 million for the Trump campaign. Trump had just $16 million in his campaign coffers on Oct. 19, compared to Hillary Clinton’s $62 million.
And there was scant evidence that the real estate billionaire will end up giving the $100 million he has claimed he is donating to his bid. Trump gave his campaign about $31,000 in in-kind contributions in the first 19 days of the month — down from the $2 million a month in cash he had been donating. His personal contributions to his campaign now total a little more than $56 million.
Meanwhile, Clinton’s already-robust fundraising ratcheted up even more this month. The Democratic nominee’s campaign and two joint fundraising committees with the party together pulled in $101 million in the 19-day stretch. At the same time, Clinton’s campaign shelled out $54 million – a slower spending rate than the previous month. That gave her a hefty stockpile of cash as she heads into the final weeks of the campaign: more than $153 million.
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