Obama Tops Oklahoma Donation List
From The Tulsa World ~ U.S. Senator Barack Obama raised almost $310,000 in Oklahoma during the first three months of 2007, almost $90,000 more than any other presidential candidate and 40 percent of all the money raised in the state, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday.
More than half Obama's Oklahoma total -- $183,250 -- came from donors listing Tulsa ZIP codes. Among top donors was Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor.
All told, Oklahomans contributed $797,098 to a dozen presidential campaigns in the first quarter, with nearly three-fourths of it going to Democrats.
A Democratic presidential nominee has not carried Oklahoma in more than 40 years, but it has been fairly fertile fund-raising territory. Republican President George W. Bush raised $1.2 million while easily winning Oklahoma in 2004, but Democratic candidates still managed to cart off a combined $970,000. They've already raised $588,168 in this campaign cycle. The most successful Democratic fundraiser in Oklahoma in 2004, John Edwards, was second to Obama in this week's filings. Edwards recorded $219,247 for the past three months, roughly two-thirds his total for the 2004 campaign. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was the the top Republican fundraiser last quarter and third overall with $138,650. Those three were the only candidates to top $50,000 from the state. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner in most polls, received only $16,860 from Oklahomans, fourth among Democrats, behind Bill Richardson's $42,000. Graphic courtesy Tulsa World
More than half Obama's Oklahoma total -- $183,250 -- came from donors listing Tulsa ZIP codes. Among top donors was Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor.
All told, Oklahomans contributed $797,098 to a dozen presidential campaigns in the first quarter, with nearly three-fourths of it going to Democrats.
A Democratic presidential nominee has not carried Oklahoma in more than 40 years, but it has been fairly fertile fund-raising territory. Republican President George W. Bush raised $1.2 million while easily winning Oklahoma in 2004, but Democratic candidates still managed to cart off a combined $970,000. They've already raised $588,168 in this campaign cycle. The most successful Democratic fundraiser in Oklahoma in 2004, John Edwards, was second to Obama in this week's filings. Edwards recorded $219,247 for the past three months, roughly two-thirds his total for the 2004 campaign. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was the the top Republican fundraiser last quarter and third overall with $138,650. Those three were the only candidates to top $50,000 from the state. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner in most polls, received only $16,860 from Oklahomans, fourth among Democrats, behind Bill Richardson's $42,000. Graphic courtesy Tulsa World
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