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(Bloomberg) — Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign raised $28 million during the third quarter, bringing her fundraising haul since her April launch to $75 million.

The quarter was never expected to be quite as strong for the Democratic candidate as her first, yet the total will be parsed as show of relative strength—she raised a few million dollars more than her closest challenger for the nomination, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders — amid a summer of questions about her use of a private email server while at the State Department.
“Thanks to our supporters, we are able to meet our goals and build an organization that can mobilize millions of voters to ensure Hillary Clinton is their fighter in the White House,” campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement.

Clinton spent the final days of the quarter on a cross country dash to big ticket fundraisers where tickets generally cost between $1,000 and $2,700.

Sanders, meanwhile, raised $24 million, according to the New York Times. He held just a handful of fundraising events all quarter. His campaign announced Wednesday that it has collected over one million individual contributions since he launched his White House bid in the spring.

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