Illinois Senator Barack Obama announced he raised a record $24.8 million in the first quarter of 2007 for his presidential primary campaign in the first quarter of 2007 topping Hillary Clinton’s $19.1 million. Both campaigns filed reports with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday.
Obama collected $25.7 million from 104,000 donors, Clinton's $26.1 million from 60,000 donors and former vice presidential nominee John Edwards raised $14 million dollars. Sportbet.com has Barack Obama at +600 to become the President of the United States in 2008.
Barack even beat out Republican money leader and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s $21 million record. The Democratic candidates for president racked up up approximately $79 million in contributions in the first three months of 2007, compared with about $54 million for the Republicans.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has reported raising nearly $21 million during the first quarter of the year, followed by Giuliani with $14.8 million and McCain with $12.5 million. The top six presidential fundraisers so far have raised about $127 million, or four times more than was raised for the same period in 2003.
Sportbet.com has posted betting odds on who the win the 2008 Presidential Election:
Hillary Clinton: +250
John McCain: +350
Mark Warner: +800
George Allen: +600
John Edwards: +600
Rudolph Giuliani: +300
Bill Frist: +2100
Condeleezza Rice: +1500
Rick Santorum: +2500
Evan Bayh: +1400
Mitt Romney: +1800
John Kerry: +2200
Al Gore: +500
Jeb Bush: +2800
Bill Richardson: +1800
Tom Ridge: +2600
Arnold Schwarzenegger: +1600
Tom Vilsack: +3000
Colin Powell: +3750
Tom Daschle: +2800
George Pataki: +2400
Chuck Hagel: +3500
Barack Obama: +600
Joseph Biden: +2300
