With the books about to close on fourth-quarter fundraising, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is reporting that she raised "over $100 million" in 2007 to fund her bid for the White House, excluding money transferred from her Senate campaign, USA TODAY's Fredreka Schouten reports.
Fredreka continues:
That means the former first lady has raised at least $20 million in the last three months of the year -- a potential drop-off from what she collected in previous quarters. Between July and September, for instance, Clinton raised more than $27 million -- exceeding the third-quarter fundraising haul of any other presidential candidate.
Clinton campaign spokesman Blake Zeff is not saying how much of the new money is available for the primary fight (vs. "general election" race) or how much cash the New York senator has on hand. Campaigns don't have to disclose those details to the Federal Election Commission until Jan. 31.
Clinton and Democratic rival Barack Obama have led their party's fundraising. Each senator collected about $80 million during the first nine months of the year. (Clinton also transferred another $10 million from her Senate re-election bid to her presidential campaign coffers.)
As of 9:30 p.m. ET, Obama had not released his year-end totals.
The figures now available demonstrate that the leading presidential contenders are far surpassing the amounts raised in previous campaigns. At this point in the 2004 presidential campaign, Democrat John Kerry had collected $23.4 million on his way to winning his party's nomination.
So far, the only other presidential contender to reveal a fourth-fundraising figure is Republican Ron Paul, who was closing in on $20 million for the quarter as of 9 p.m. ET, according to a tally posted on his website. Paul, a 10-term Texas congressman who trails other GOP presidential contenders in national polls, has shattered online fundraising records in recent weeks, collecting $6 million over the Internet in a single day earlier this month.
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Fredreka continues:
That means the former first lady has raised at least $20 million in the last three months of the year -- a potential drop-off from what she collected in previous quarters. Between July and September, for instance, Clinton raised more than $27 million -- exceeding the third-quarter fundraising haul of any other presidential candidate.
Clinton campaign spokesman Blake Zeff is not saying how much of the new money is available for the primary fight (vs. "general election" race) or how much cash the New York senator has on hand. Campaigns don't have to disclose those details to the Federal Election Commission until Jan. 31.
Clinton and Democratic rival Barack Obama have led their party's fundraising. Each senator collected about $80 million during the first nine months of the year. (Clinton also transferred another $10 million from her Senate re-election bid to her presidential campaign coffers.)
As of 9:30 p.m. ET, Obama had not released his year-end totals.
The figures now available demonstrate that the leading presidential contenders are far surpassing the amounts raised in previous campaigns. At this point in the 2004 presidential campaign, Democrat John Kerry had collected $23.4 million on his way to winning his party's nomination.
So far, the only other presidential contender to reveal a fourth-fundraising figure is Republican Ron Paul, who was closing in on $20 million for the quarter as of 9 p.m. ET, according to a tally posted on his website. Paul, a 10-term Texas congressman who trails other GOP presidential contenders in national polls, has shattered online fundraising records in recent weeks, collecting $6 million over the Internet in a single day earlier this month.
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