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  • US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's campaign entered the final stretch of the race with a large cash advantage over President Donald Trump.

  • Records filed with the Federal Election Commission showed the former vice president's campaign out raised and outspent Trump's reelection effort in September.

  • With Biden's political ads now much more prevalent on American television, Biden's campaign took in $281 million during September, more than three times as much as the $81 million Trump's campaign raised.

  • Biden spent more than double what Trump's campaign did.

  • Biden's fundraising advantage showed up in ways large and small, in one example sure to be a thorn in the president's side.

  • Lawyers at Jones Day, which has earned millions of dollars for work on Trump's reelection campaign, donated heavily to his opponent.

  • Lawyers at the firm gave nearly $90,000 to the campaign committee of Joe Biden.

  • Contributions to the Trump campaign by Jones Day lawyers total just $50.

  • The figures reflect individual giving, not law firm contributions.

  • But Biden's upper hand in the money race is no guarantee of victory.

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's campaign entered the final stretch of the race with a large cash advantage over President Donald Trump.

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