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NYT Senator Barack Obama collected more than $13.7 million in the last four days of August during a record-shattering fund-raising month, with donations spiking the day after he accepted the Democratic nomination when Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska was named to the Republican ticket, new filings with the Federal Election Commission showed.
The closing surge of donations, with Mr. Obama topping $4.7 million on Aug. 29, when Ms. Palin’s selection was announced, and $3.8 million the following day, helped him raise $65 million in August.
The Obama campaign had already announced its August fund-raising haul, which is more than any other presidential candidate in history, but its official F.E.C. filing offered the first detailed glimpse at how he did it.
The filing, however, only furnishes a partial picture because the campaign does not have to itemize contributions below $200 for the election cycle.
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