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Democrats running for seats in the General Assembly sustained heavy fundraising in the last month, building a significant cash advantage in the House and keeping a narrow gap behind Republicans in the Senate contests.

Led by Democrats, candidates broke the previous fundraising record for an off-year General Assembly election, according to finance disclosures filed Tuesday. Virginia will hold its elections Nov. 5, when every seat in the statehouse will be on the ballot.

In 2015, the last time all 140 House and Senate seats were up for grabs, candidates collectively had hauled in $31.4 million for their campaigns at this point in the race. This year the number was $52.7 million as of Sept. 30, according to an analysis by the Virginia Public Access Project.

Most of the increase is due to heavy fundraising by Democratic candidates, who have doubled their hauls from $13.7 million at this point in 2015 to $31.7 million through this September, according to VPAP’s analysis.

In the House contests, Democrats had $9.1 million in cash on hand to Republicans’ $6.9 million. In the Senate races, Republicans had $4.7 million in cash on hand to Democrats’ $4.3 million.