Politics | Barack Obama Obama Shatters Records With $150M Sept. Brings total to more than $600M By Matt Cantor Posted Oct 19, 2008 8:49 AM CDT Copied Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd during a rally at the Liberty Memorial Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Barack Obama scored $150 million in September, he said today, a monthly record that brings his fundraising total to another record topping $600 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. The previous monthly record was Obama’s $66 million in August. Those figures give the Democrat a big leg up in TV advertising in battleground and typically red states. The campaign "added 632,000 new donors for a total 3.1 million donors to date," it said in a statement. "The average donation for the month was less than $100. The average contribution for the campaign is $86." Read These Next Bodies found at lifetime felon's former home. Looks like we have a date for the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce nuptials. Netflix plan to buy Warner Bros. isn't sitting well in Hollywood. President Trump receives a peace prize, though not the one he wanted. Get breaking news in your inbox. What you need to know, as soon as we know it. Sign up Report an error