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Romney & the RNC Raise $101 Million+ in July -- Outraise Obama & DNC for 3rd Straight Month
August 06, 2012
WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) -- As reported earlier this morning on TheBlaze Blog Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee say they netted more than $101 million last month.
Romney's presidential campaign says in a statement issued Monday that about 26 percent of the money raised in July came in donations of less than $250.
Romney's finance chairman, Spencer Zwick reports that donations have come in from a wide array of individuals, including Republicans, independents and Democrats. Zwick also claims that Republicans are "well on track to raise the money to be successful in November."
The campaign says Romney, the RNC and state GOP parties have nearly $186 million in cash on hand.
President Barack Obama's campaign report raising $75 million in July in conjunction with the Democratic National Committee. It was the third straight month that Romney and the RNC raised more money than Obama and the Democrats.
In a series of tweets, the Obama campaign announced some of the particulars of its fundraising in July. See the messages, announcing giving, below:
GOP-aligned "super" PACs also are raising and spending millions of dollars to defeat Obama.
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