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WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee John McCain doubled his travel expenditures in August and increased his payroll and media spending from the previous month while enjoying his biggest fundraising stretch of the campaign.
McCain reported raising $47.5 million in August, with more than $9 million coming in the three days after he announced his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Aug. 29, according to a report filed late Friday with the Federal Election Commission. Overall, McCain spent nearly $41 million in August — his most exorbitant month so far, but still shy of Democratic rival Barack Obama’s whopping $55 million in August expenditures.
