Clinton raises $27 million in third quarter

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, raised $27 million in the third quarter, her campaign announced Tuesday.

{mosads}Of that money, about $5 million is earmarked for the general election. The third quarter marks the first time in the presidential race that Clinton outraised her closest rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who took in $20 million in the quarter, $19 million of which can be used in the primary.

“This is the moment when you showed that America is ready for change and that you are ready to make history,” Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle said in a message to supporters. “This is the moment when your dedication defied the skeptics.”

The Clinton campaign also said that it has received contributions from more than 100,000 new donors, more than the 93,000 new donors that gave to Obama in the quarter.