WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Mitt Romney and his Republican Party allies raised more than President Barack Obama and the Democrats in the first 2 1/2 weeks of October as both presidential campaign efforts closed in on the $1 billion mark, disclosures showed on Thursday.

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