Biden sets fundraising record with $383 mn in September
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Trump lagged far behind last month with $248 million.
Joe Biden has broken his own monthly fundraising record by taking in $383 million in September for his presidential campaign. The flood of donations arrived after his first debate with US President Donald Trump.
Trump lagged far behind last month with $248 million.
The first presidential debate was a chaotic clash in which Trump constantly spoke over and interrupted Biden.
Democratic candidate Biden leads Trump nationally by double digits in the frenzied homestretch to the November 3 election.
Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon said Wednesday the $383 million figure was a record and included $203 million raised from online donors. The campaign now has $432 million to spend on getting Biden elected.
The Trump campaign released its $248 million figure Thursday night.
After progressive Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, small donors enraged by the idea that she could be replaced by a conservative nominated by Trump donated more than $100 million in one weekend to ActBlue, a platform that raises money for Democratic candidates at the presidential, congressional and local level.
Biden had already set a fundraising record with $364.5 million in August.
His figures are far higher than the record set by Barack Obama with nearly $200 million in September 2008.
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