Trump's campaign said it ended August with $97 million in available cash between Trump and the committees, compared with Clinton, who had $152 million available at month's end between her campaign and affiliated committees.
Partly as a result, Senator John McCain and the Republican National Committee held a cash-in-hand advantage of about $20 million over him and the Democratic National Committee as of Oct. 15 when the money of various affiliated committees is taken into account.
By the end, Mr. Gore and affiliated Democratic committees had spent about $8 million, while Mr. Bush and the Republicans may have spent $6 million more, according to campaign estimates and news reports.
When other affiliated fundraising committees are included, the Democratic Party and its standard-bearer headed into September with a combined $152 million to spend.
The financial industry spent $2.7 billion on lobbying from 1999 to 2008, while individuals and committees affiliated with it made more than $1 billion in campaign contributions.
They say that allowing many contributions to interlocking political committees affiliated with candidates and parties could effectively funnel large sums from individuals to support given candidates.
Allowing multiple contributions to interlocking political committees affiliated with candidates and parties could, he said, effectively funnel large sums from individuals to support given candidates.
This year, the four political action committees affiliated with each party's legislative office have solicited an additional $6.8 million, down from $12.7 million in 2003.
Priorities USA and two other Democratic-leaning super PACs raised about $1,835,000 from individuals, $1.3 million from political action committees affiliated with labor unions and other groups, and about $415,700 from other organizations.
During the past month, Mr. Torricelli's legal defense fund has received $10,000 donations from political action committees affiliated with Senators Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, according to financial records released yesterday.
Two other Solamere investors are Scott Frantz, a venture capitalist and fund-raiser for the Romney campaigns in 2008 and 2012, and Mark Chapin Johnson, a former health care executive who donated $73,000 to state political action committees affiliated with Mr. Romney in 2006.
