democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton had her best fundraising month so far in the election, raising $84 million for her campaign and another $70 million in joint democratic party funds in september. the clinton campaign<u+2019>s september haul was up from the $62 million in donations to her campaign the previous month, although the joint fundraising was down from about $80 million, a spokesman said on saturday. joint fundraising money goes to the clinton campaign, the democratic national committee and the state democratic parties. mrs. clinton ended september with more than $59 million in her campaign<u+2019>s bank account, on top of $91 million in the joint funds<u+2019> coffers, meaning she should have plenty of financial firepower to air tv ads and expand her field operations heading into the final weeks of the election. her improved fundraising in september was likely to maintain her financial advantage over republican rival donald trump, who had $50 million in his campaign<u+2019>s bank account and $47 million in joint funds at the end of august. mr. trump hasn<u+2019>t released his september fundraising totals and isn<u+2019>t required to do so until later this month. while mr. trump<u+2019>s fundraising has lagged behind mrs. clinton<u+2019>s over the course of the election, he posted a hefty one-day fundraising total the day after last monday<u+2019>s first presidential debate, garnering $18 million for his campaign and joint funds in 24 hours. the clinton campaign said on saturday that 2.6 million people have contributed to mrs. clinton<u+2019>s election run, including more than 900,000 in september. the campaign said its average donation in september was $56. <u+201c>we must continue to step up in order to have the resources we need to mobilize millions of voters across the country,<u+201d> clinton campaign manager robby mook said. write to rebecca ballhaus at rebecca.ballhaus@wsj.com
hillary clinton has her best fundraising month in september        - wsj
rebecca ballhaus