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For the second consecutive month, President Obama has beaten Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in fundraising.

According to the Obama campaign, 1,825,813 helped raise $181 million for the campaign in September.

The Romney campaign raised $170.4 million in September.

According to the Obama campaign, since his reelection campaign launched in April 2011, a total of 3,922,420 people have donated.

Ninety-eight percent of contributions to the Obama campaign in September were $250 or less. The average contribution was $53.

According to the campaign, of the 1,825,813 people who donated in September, 567,000 were new donors-not having given before in 2008 or 2012.

There is [less than] one month left to go until Election Day," campaign manager Jim Messina said in an email. "The stakes are too high for us to take our foot off the gas now. The people and the stories behind these numbers are what make this grass-roots organization so powerful."

According to Team Romney, 93.1 percent of all donations received in September were $250 or less and $43.15 million was raised by donations under $250 in September.

According to the Romney team, they have approximately $191.23 million cash on hand and contributions were received from all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

"Americans can't afford four more years like the last four," Romney Victory National Finance Chairman Spencer Zwick said. "Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are offering voters a vision for our country that will grow the economy, increase incomes, and bring relief to the middle class. That is why we are seeing such strong support from donors across the country. With less than one month left, we will continue the hard work of raising the resources to ensure that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan can win in November and bring real change to the American people."

In August, Obama's re-election campaign and combined committees raised more than $114 million and that marked the first time since April that the the incumbent has outraised Romney. Obama raised $75 million in July.

Romney's campaign brought in $111 million in August, the third straight month the campaign raised over $100 million. The Romney campaign along with the Republican National Committee and state Republican parties reported having about $168.5 million in cash at their disposal.

The Romney camp said 31 percent of its total was raised through donations of less than $250.

According to the Obama campaign, 1,170,000 donated to the campaign and over three million people have donated to the campaign since April 2011. Over 300,000 people who gave to the campaign in August were supporting the Obama organization for the very first time.

The campaign said 98 percent of donations in August were $250 or less and the average donation was $58.31.

The Obama campaign spent $58.5 million in July, with about two-thirds of that going to advertising.

Both campaigns are in the sprint to the Nov. 6 election, which is expected to be decided in fewer than 10 states where neither Romney nor Obama has a significant advantage.

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