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Obama Shatters Records With $150M Sept.

Brings total to more than $600M

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 19, 2008 8:49 AM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama scored $150 million in September, he said today, a monthly record that brings his fundraising total to another record topping $600 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. The previous monthly record was Obama’s $66 million in August. Those figures give the Democrat... Read full story »

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Obama Shatters Records With $150M Sept.

Brings total to more than $600M

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