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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee inched past its GOP rivals' fundraising last month.

The Republican National Committee on Friday reported raising almost $8.2 million in May. The DNC raised close to $8.8 million and reduced its debt to less than $5 million for the first time since mid-2012.

Republicans, however, have an almost 2-to-1 cash advantage. The RNC has $13.5 million in the bank. The DNC has $7.9 million saved.

The DNC amassed significant debt as it spent heavily on President Barack Obama's re-election bid in 2012. That red ink ballooned to a high of almost $23 million in March 2013 as bills came due. That debt has now shrunk to $4.9 million.

The RNC has outraised the DNC in 10 of the last 17 months.

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Stocks are holding on to small gains, enough to mark the latest record high closes for major indexes.

The market notched another weekly increase. The Standard & Poor's 500 ended the week up 1.4 percent and has risen five out of the last six weeks.

CarMax vaulted 17 percent after the auto dealership operator reported strong earnings growth.

The S&P 500 rose three points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 1,962 Friday.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 25 points, or 0.2 percent, to 16,947.

The Nasdaq rose eight points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,368.

The Dow and S&P 500 are at record highs. The Nasdaq is still well below its dot-com era peak of just over 5,000 points.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.61 percent.