| Barack Obama raises more cash than Hillary Clinton |
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| Written by Stu Norman | |||||||
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Monday, 16 April 2007
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 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                        |
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