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Lindsey Graham raised $1.05 million in third quarter

Sen. Lindsey Graham raised $1.052 million in the third quarter and has $1.65 million cash on hand, his presidential campaign said tonight.

Graham, the South Carolina Republican who has made foreign policy his campaign focus, spent almost $2 million between July 1 and Sept. 30.

See who is likely to make the cut, and who’s on the bubble, for the next GOP debate.

What spending can tell us about the health of a presidential campaign

Thursday is the deadline for presidential campaigns to submit their third quarter fundraising reports to the Federal Election Commission. Many campaigns — confident in their numbers or hoping to inoculate the response to bad ones — have already released top-line details. For all of them, though, it’s a moment that’s not unlike heading to the doctor for a particularly invasive examination.

Carson closing in on Trump in the polls

Ben Carson is drawing ever closer to Donald Trump among likely Republican primary voters, according to the results of the latest Fox News poll released Tuesday evening.

USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Cruz rises, Fiorina falls

Watch out, Donald Trump — Ted Cruz is sneaking up on you.

Political experts in our weekly ranking of the Republican candidates have seen a gradual rise for the Texas senator, moving him from 6th place last week to 4th place this week.

USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Trump back on top

Perhaps the reports of Donald Trump’s collapse were premature.

The Donald returns to the top spot in our Power Rankings this week.

At 27 percent, nationally Donald Trump maintains his frontrunner status among Republican primary voters, but Ben Carson is now closely behind him. Carson’s support has risen significantly since early August, when he polled at six percent. Carson is now at 23 percent, putting him in second place.