by John McCormick and Mike Dorning, updated at 9:51 p.m. Eastern
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign has $35 million in the bank for use in her primary campaign, slightly more than the $32 million reported earlier this evening by Sen. Barack Obama.
The Illinois Democrat’s campaign said it had 108,000 new donors during the quarter, when it pulled in $20 million. That compares to “over 100,000” reported by the New York senator this evening.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said a surge in donations via the Internet and mail brought the campaign’s total new donors for the quarter to 108,000, up significantly from the preliminary number of 93,000 released earlier this month.
During the first three quarters of the year, Obama amassed 365,000 donors.
“The strength of our historic small donor base is in activism, not just contributions,” campaign manager David Plouffe said in a statement. “The vast majority of these supporters have not yet achieved their full giving potential and will ensure our ability to continue to raise the resources needed to win the nomination. Many of these donors will also provide organizational strength by going door-to-door, making phone calls and actively helping Barack Obama become the next president of the United States.”