Obama raises record million-dollar funding for campaign

Dunn: US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised more than $150 million for his campaign in September, his campaign said on Sunday.

The amount raised breaks the record that Obama set the previous month.

Obama's fundraising has been key in the race against Republican Senator John McCain in the run-up to the November 4 election.

The Obama campaign said it added 632,000 new donors in September to bring the total to 3.1 million. It said the average donation for the month was less than $100.

With more than $150 million in September, Obama more than doubled the $66 million he brought in for August, which had been a record.