Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Obama Leads Oklahoma Money Parade; Presidential Candidates Pick Up $1.368 Million In The State

Democrat Barack Obama is Oklahoma's top presidential fundraiser, http://www.opensecrets.org/ reports today, and donors here have given a total of $1,368,276 to presidential candidates in both parties. All of the money totals are taken from current reports to the Federal Election Commission.
In Oklahoma, Obama has raised $326,000, followed by Hillary Clinton at $290,000, John Edwards at $261,000, Rudy Giuliani at $164,600, John McCain at $115,950, Mitt Romney at $61,000 and Bill Richardson at $53,600. Other candidates raised far less.
The totals show a distinct split in Democrat donations between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Obama swamped Clinton in Tulsa, $206,000 to $99,100. But in Oklahoma City, Clinton raised $135,750 compared to Obama's $99,731. John Edwards was second in Oklahoma City, at $135,500.
Overall, Obama outraised Clinton in the 2nd Quarter, $33.1 million to $27+ million, but trails her in total fundraising; Clinton has raised $63 million, Obama $58.9 million. Clinton leads in cash on hand, $45.2 million, to Obama's $36.2 million. Clinton has a debt of about $3 million, while Obama's is less than a million.
John Edwards raised $9.1 million in the 2nd quarter for a total of $23.1 million; he had $13.3 million on hand. Bill Richardson raised $7 million for a total of $13.3 million; he had $7.1 million on hand.
Romney leads Republicans. He raised $21 million for a total of $44.4 million. He has $12.1 million on hand and debt of $8.9 million. Giuliani raised $17.6 million for a total of $35.6 million; he has $18.3 million on hand and a debt of about $1.8 million. McCain raised $11.6 million for a total of $25.3 million; he has $3.2 million on hand and a debt of about $1.8 million.

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