Obama´s campaign raises $55 mln in Feb.

Source: Xinhua | 03-07-2008 07:55

WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has raised about 55 million U.S. dollars in February for his campaign, the highest amount of fundraising for any White House contender in a single month, his team said on Thursday.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks during a rally at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, February 27, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The campaign said that a total 727,972 donors contributed to the African American presidential hopeful last month, including 385,101 first-time contributors.

Altogether, more than one million individuals have donated to Obama's campaign since it began in 2007, it added.

Internet played a vital role in the fundraising in the month as always since more than 45 million dollars came from the online contributors, about three-quarters of whom were the first-time, according to the campaign.

Obama's rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was reported to raise about 35 million dollars in February.

Obama won 11 Democratic primaries or caucuses after Feb. 5 and overtook Clinton in the number of delegates who will vote at the national nomination convention, which greatly pulled up his numbers in the national polls and fundraising.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei