republican presidential nominee donald trump entered the final full month before election day with $75 million in his campaign and joint party fund bank accounts <u+feff>, his campaign said on saturday, half of the collective $150 million his rival hillary clinton said she has on hand. the gap as of the end of september has widened since the end of august, when mr. trump<u+2019>s coffers trailed mrs. clinton<u+2019>s by $50 million. in the past month, mrs. clinton has expanded her polling advantage over mr. trump, who has faced a massive backlash from both parties over a recent videotape that emerged of him bragging in 2005 about groping women without their consent. since the videotape<u+2019>s release, several women have alleged that he kissed, grabbed or touched them without consent, allegations he has denied . mr. trump<u+2019>s campaign said on saturday he raised $100 million in september for his campaign and his joint funds with the republican party, an uptick from his haul the previous month. he didn<u+2019>t disclose how much of that haul was for his campaign and how much was for the joint party funds, whose dollars are largely controlled by the republican national committee. mrs. clinton<u+2019>s campaign and joint party funds raised a collective $154 million in september, her campaign said. while some of mr. trump<u+2019>s donors have privately expressed displeasure with the videotape, most<u+2014>including those bankrolling his allied super pacs<u+2014> have largely stuck by him . mr. trump also donated another $2 million to his campaign in september. both mr. trump and mrs. clinton say 2.6 million people have donated to each of their campaigns. <u+201c>these numbers show that donald trump continues to have incredible broad-based support from across america,<u+201d> trump finance chairman steven mnuchin said. write to rebecca ballhaus at rebecca.ballhaus@wsj.com
donald trump trails hillary clinton in campaign cash as race heads toward finish - wsj
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