Trump And Republicans Raise $248 Million In September, Lagging Biden, Democrats

President Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, N.C., on Thursday.

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Democrats enter the presidential contest’s homestretch with a big cash advantage.

President Trump’s campaign announced late Thursday that it, the Republican National Committee and joint committees raised $248 million in September — a strong haul but nonetheless well behind the record-setting one-month sum collected by Joe Biden’s campaign and his party.

On Wednesday evening, Biden’s campaign said it, the Democratic National Committee and joint fundraising efforts garnered $383 million in September — breaking the one-month record Democrats had set just the month prior, in August.