President Obama announced his latest re-election campaign fundraising numbers via Twitter this morning.
@BarackObama tweeted, “Our FEC report today: In January 2012, #Obama2012 raised a combined total of $29.1 million between committees.”
The president also tweeted that 98% of January donations were less than $250.
NBC’s Mark Murray provided a cash breakdown; the campaign itself raised $11.9 million, with the DNC and Obama Victory Fund contributions making up the rest of the $29.1 million total.
Murray also points out that Team Obama raised nearly $37 million in January of 2008, much higher than today’s release. However, that was in the middle of the Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama primary showdown.
An Obama campaign official told NBC News, “We’re putting this money in the bank, and not in a competitive primary. The Republicans are spending whatever they raise.”
Republican presidential campaigns have not yet released their fundraising for the month of January.









