RNC Raises $35 Million, Breaks August Fundraising Record
The Republican National Committee raised more than $35.6 million in August, marking the best August on record for the RNC, a spokesperson with the committee confirms to ABC News.
Both the RNC and the campaigns will file their monthly fundraising reports on Thursday, but this also marks a record breaking cycle for the RNC. They have raised more than $193 million, a record, although the Obama campaign and the DNC did best the Republicans in the most recent fundraising month.
"We've enjoyed a lot of support from voters across America and it's helping us run a top-notch get out the vote effort that is going toe-to-toe with Obama," RNC spokesperson Kirsten Kukowski said.
This news comes just one day after we learned the Romney campaign had to take out a $20 million dollar line of credit last month, marking the first time in the cycle Romney's campaign was in debt. They are $11 million in debt after borrowing the $20 million from the Bank of Georgetown.
The debt is a bit misleading and has more to do with election law than fundraising. Although Romney was the presumed nominee of the party for months, he was not officially the nominee and could not access general election funds until the Republican National Convention at the end of last month in Tampa.
Earlier this month, President Obama and the Democratic National Committee reported raising over $114 million in August together. They bested the Romney campaign and the RNC, whose joint total was $111 million.
The RNC number was first reported by CNN.