Republicans closed the gap in Q4 2007
At the end of Q3 2007, Republican presidential candidates were 65.9M behind their Democratic counterparts in the total fund-raising race, with a total take of 175.1M compared to 241.0M on the other side. By the end of Q4, there was still a significant gap between the two parties, but the Republicans managed to close the difference to within 52.6M, according to data just released by the Federal Election Commission.
Hillary Clinton (D-NY) remained at the front of the pack with 115.6M, ahead of Barack Obama (D-IL), who had bankrolled 102.2M so far. John Edwards (D-NC), who joined the majority of one-time candidates on the sidelines last week, was a distant third with 43.9M.
On the Republican side, Mitt Romney (R-MA) has amassed 88.5M thus far (much of it -- we hear well over 30M -- on loan from himself), besting the recently departed Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) with 60.9M and third place John McCain (R-AZ) with 41.1M. Despite his lower ranking on the fund-raising chart, most observers are awarding the former Commerce Committee Chairman the front-runner label these days after back-to-back victories in South Carolina and Florida.
The heat-seeker remains Ron Paul (R-TX), who more than tripled his income during Q4, although to no apparent avail in terms of votes cast nor poll preferences cited.
Presidential Candidate Fundraising
| Democrats |
3/31/07 |
6/30/07 |
9/30/2007 |
12/31/2007 |
| Clinton (D-NY) |
$36.0M |
$62.5M |
$89.0M |
$115.6M |
| Obama (D-IL) |
$25.7M |
$58.6M |
$79.4M |
$102.2M |
| *Edwards (D-NC) |
$14.0M |
$23.0M |
$30.1M |
$43.9M |
| *Richardson (D-NM) |
$6.2M |
$13.2M |
$18.5M |
$23.6M |
| *Dodd (D-CT) |
$8.8M |
$12.1M |
$13.6M |
$16.5M |
| *Biden (D-DE) |
$4.0M |
$6.4M |
$8.1M |
$11.3M |
| *Kucinich (D-OH) |
$0.4M |
$1.1M |
$2.1M |
$3.9M |
| Gravel (D-AK) |
$0.1M |
$0.2M |
$0.2M |
$0.4M |
| Dem. Total |
$95.2M |
$177.2M |
$241.0M |
$317.3M |
| Republicans |
3/31/2007 |
6/30/2007 |
9/30/2007 |
12/31/2007 |
| Romney (R-MA) |
$23.1M |
$43.5M |
$61.6M |
$88.5M |
| *Giuliani (R-NY) |
$18.0M |
$35.4M |
$46.7M |
$60.9M |
| McCain (R-AZ) |
$14.7M |
$25.9M |
$31.4M |
$41.1M |
| Paul (R-TX) |
$0.6M |
$3.0M |
$8.2M |
$28.1M |
| *FThompson (R-TN) |
n/a |
n/a |
$12.7M |
$21.6M |
| Huckabee (R-AR) |
$0.5M |
$1.3M |
$2.3M |
$9.0M |
| *Tancredo (R-CO) |
$1.3M |
$2.8M |
$3.5M |
$6.2M |
| *Brownback (R-KS) |
$1.8M |
$3.3M |
$4.1M |
$4.2M |
| *Hunter (R-CA) |
$0.5M |
$1.3M |
$1.9M |
$2.5M |
| *T.Thompson (R-WI) |
$0.4M |
$0.9M |
$1.1M |
$1.2M |
| *Cox (R-IL) |
$0.8M |
$0.9M |
$1.0M |
$1.1M |
| *Gilmore (R-VA) |
$0.2M |
$0.4M |
$0.4M |
$0.4M |
| Rep. Total |
$62.0M |
$118.7M |
$175.1M |
$264.7M |
Source:
Federal Election Commission
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