Obama, DNC raise over $60 million in May

President Obama and the Democratic National Committee raised over $60 million in May, the Obama campaign announced on Twitter Thursday.

The @BarackObama account tweeted the news that Obama raised “$60 million across committees in May,” including donations from 572,000 people and 147,000 first-time donors.

The average donation was $54.94, the campaign reported.

The top line number is a big jump from the $43.6 million raised by Obama and the DNC in April. Last month, Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee raised a combined $40.1 million.

We don’t yet have Romney’s fundraising numbers for May. This month will be the best direct fundraising comparison between the Obama and Romney campaigns, since it’s the first full month since Romney secured the GOP nomination and began raising money jointly with the RNC.