The Romney campaign raised $11.5 million in February, almost doubling its January haul of $6.4 million, reports the Los Angeles Times. Romney barely edged out Rick Santorum, who brought in $9 million in February from over 100,000 individual donors. Romney had made renewed attempts to attract more donors:
In recent weeks, the Romney camp has ramped up its own online appeals for funds in an attempt to broaden the donor base. In his fundraising through January, 40% of Romney’s donors had given the legal maximum of $2,500 and just 9% of his money came from donors giving $200 or less, according to an analysis by the Campaign Finance Institute.