Politics
Elections 2012: Obama campaign raised $45 million in February
President Barack Obama raised US$45 million for his re-election campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in February, bringing his total to about US$300 million for this election cycle.
Obama announced his monthly total on Monday on Twitter. The president has stepped up fundraising in recent weeks, holding events last month in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle and in Chicago and Atlanta last week.
The Obama campaign says in a video that nearly 350,000 people contributed during the month. It says the average donation is about US$59 for the entire election cycle and nearly 98 percent of the donations were US$250 or less.
The reports are being filed ahead of a Tuesday campaign finance deadline for presidential campaigns.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.