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Clinton, Obama Top $100 Million In 2007 Donations
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 01, 2008 09:35am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 1, 2008 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Matthew Mosk and John Solomon
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, January 1, 2008; Page A04
Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton each surpassed the $100 million fundraising mark for their presidential campaigns in 2007, according to people directly familiar with their finance operations, the first time two candidates have eclipsed that milestone before a single primary vote was cast.
The two Democrats have set a breakneck fundraising pace for the crowded presidential race since the beginning of 2007, a contest defined by the pursuit of both wealthy donors and newcomers lured to make smaller contributions through the Internet.
"It's unprecedented," said Michael S. Berman, a campaign veteran who organized fundraising for former vice president Walter F. Mondale's 1984 Democratic campaign. "What we did, it's not even relevant anymore. The amounts just keep growing. I don't know if there is an upper limit."
Aides to the Democratic front-runners did not say yesterday how much cash they had remaining to spend, as last-minute donations were still being tallied.
Both will still fall short of President Bush's record for money raised in a non-election year -- $131.8 million in 2003, when he ran virtually unopposed for the Republican nomination -- but the success of Clinton (N.Y.) and Obama (Ill.) differs in that it came during one of the most crowded and competitive presidential races in history. |
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