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Pro-Obama super-PAC outraises Romney group
Priorities USA, the super-PAC supporting President Obama, outraised GOP challenger Mitt Romney’s super-PAC in September, Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show.
The pro-Obama group raised $15.3 million for the month. It’s the second straight month that Priorities USA topped Restore Our Future and their largest fundraising month to date.
Priorities’s strong haul was aided by multiple seven-figure donors including producer Steven Spielberg, Dreamworks Animation Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David L. Boies Jr., a New York-based attorney who fought to overturn California’s Proposition — which sought to define marriage as between one man and one woman.
Other notable donors to the pro-Obama super-PAC include Samuel Rawlings Walton, the grandson of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, who gave $300,000, and Matt Groening, creator of “The Simpsons,” who contributed $50,000.
Priorities USA Action spent $12.8 million last month and still has $7.3 million cash on hand with a little over two weeks before election day.
In August, Restore Our Future spent $21.2 million to help the Romney campaign combat a blitz of ads from outside groups. In September, however, the group only spent $4.6 million.
The conservative super-PAC boosted their totals in September thanks to several six- and seven-figure donations, as well.
Joseph W Craft III, the CEO of Alliance Coal, LLC gave $500,000, which brings his total contributions to the group up to $1,000,000 for the election cycle.
Bill Koch’s company, Oxbow Carbon, gave $1,000,000 last month – bringing his donation total to $2,000,000 for the year.
— This story was corrected on Oct. 22 to reflect that Samuel Rawlings Walton gave $300,000 to Priorities USA Action. An earlier version of this story contained incorrect information from the initial FEC filing.
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