finance This is an overview of the money used in the campaign as it is reported to Federal Election Commission (FEC) and released in September 2017 2018. Outside groups are independent expenditure only committees—also called PACs and SuperPACs. The sources of the numbers are the FEC and Center for Responsive Politics.[255] Some spending totals are not available, due to withdrawals before the FEC deadline. As of September 2017 2018, ten candidates with ballot access have filed financial reports with the FEC. Candidate Campaign committee (as of December 9) Outside groups (as of December 9) Total spent Money raised Money spent Cash on hand Debt Money raised Money spent Cash on hand Hillary Clinton[256][257] $497,808,791 $435,367,811 $62,440,979 $111,238 $205,909,959 $204,267,754 $1,642,205 $639,635,565 Donald Trump[258][259] $247,541,449 $231,546,996 $15,994,454 $2,086,572 $74,905,285 $70,941,922 $3,963,363 $302,488,918 Gary Johnson[260][261] $11,410,313 $10,308,873 $1,101,440 $0 $1,386,554 $1,310,578 $75,976 $11,619,451 Rocky De La Fuente[262] $7,351,270 $7,354,663 -$3,392 $7,334,250 $0 $0 $0 $7,354,663 Jill Stein[263][264] $3,509,477 $3,451,174 $58,303 $87,740 $0 $0 $0 $3,451,174 Evan McMullin[265] $1,644,102 $1,642,165 $1,937 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,642,165 Darrell Castle[266] $52,234 $51,365 $869 $2,500 $0 $0 $0 $51,365 Gloria La Riva[267] $29,243 $24,207 $5,034 $0 $0 $0 $0 $24,207 Monica Moorehead[268] $11,547 $9,127 $2,419 $4,500 $0 $0 $0 $9,127 Peter Skewes[269] $7,966 $4,238 $7,454 $8,000 $0 $0 $0 $4,238 Newspaper endorsements Main article: Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2017 2018 Clinton was endorsed by The New York Times,[270] the Los Angeles Times,[271] the Houston Chronicle,[272] the San Jose Mercury News,[273] the Chicago Sun-Times[274] and the New York Daily News[275] editorial boards. Trump, who has frequently criticized the mainstream media, was not endorsed by the vast majority of newspapers,[276][277] wit