2008 Election Money in the 2008 Presidential Race

Quarter 2 2007

The second financial quarter for the campaigns ended June 30th 2007. Sen. Barack Obama raised the most money with over $33 Million, Sen. Clinton raised the second highest amount with over $27 Million & Former Gov. Mitt Romney raised the third highest amount with $20 Million.

 

The Democrats raised a total of $82,948,680 against the Republicans who raised $57,516,304 giving Democrats an over $25 Million lead in fundraising this quarter.

Democrats

Candidate
Raised
Barack Obama $33,120,440
Hillary Clinton $27,021,358
John Edwards $9,097,495
Bill Richardson $7,090,278
Chris Dodd $3,280,384
Joe Biden $2,451,180
Dennis Kucinich $757,035
Mike Gravel $130,510
   

 

Republicans

Candidate
Raised
Mitt Romney $20,997,715
Rudy Giuliani $17,599,292
John McCain $11,591,044
Sam Brownback $1,425,767
Ron Paul $2,369,453
Tom Tancredo $1,466,188
Duncan Hunter $814,417
Mike Huckabee $765,873
Tommy Thompson $486,555

 

Quarter 1 2007

The first quarter fundraising for 2008 ended on March 31st 2007 & filing was completed on April 15th 2007. The most money raised was by Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton, the second most money raised was by Democratic Sen. Barack Obama.

The biggest surprise in Q1 was the amount raised by Gov. Mitt Romney who was polling third for the Republican nomination but amassed a total of $23,434,634. The second biggest surprise was Sen. John McCain who started his campaign as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination but who came in third for the Republicans and sixth amongst the top polling candidates of both parties.

In total Democratic candidates raised $95,302,581 & Republicans raised $76,428,230. A total of $153,894,246 combined with Democrats outraising Republicans by $36,710,916.

At present Democrats have more money on hand with $76,428,230 vs. $31,777,108 on hand for Republicans giving Democrats a combined total of $44,651,122 more on hand to spend.

Totals

Democrats
Hillary Clinton - $36,054,568
Barack Obama - $25,797,721
John Edwards - $14,031,662
Chris Dodd - $8,795,706
Bill Richardson - $6,249,354
Joe Biden- $4,013,089
Dennis Kucinich - $344,948
Mike Gravel - $15,533

 

Republicans
Mitt Romney - $23,434,634
Rudy Giuliani - $16,623,410
John McCain - $13,087,559
Sam Brownback - $1,871,057
Tom Tancredo - $1,256,089
Ron Paul - $639,989
Mike Huckabee - $544,879
Duncan Hunter - $538,524
Tommy Thompson -$391,628
Jim Gilmore -$203,896

 

Cash on Hand at End of Q1

Democrats
Hillary Clinton - $30,974,779
Barack Obama - $19,192,520
John Edwards - $10,733,641
Chris Dodd - $7,482,467
Bill Richardson - $5,022,473
Joe Biden- $2,838,915
Dennis Kucinich - $182,937
Mike Gravel - $498

 

Republicans
Rudy Giuliani - $11,949,734
Mitt Romney - $11,863,652
John McCain - $5,180,799
Sam Brownback - $806,626
Tom Tancredo - $575,077
Ron Paul - $524,919
Mike Huckabee - $373,918
Duncan Hunter - $272,553
Tommy Thompson -$139,723
Jim Gilmore -$90,107

 

Note that all figures include money raised in Q1 by each candidate along with money transferred into their accounts from other sources. All information from the FEC Website updated on 7/10/07.

For the raw data in an Excel spreadsheet click this link.

Fun Links

The New York Times has a Flash based feature showing the locations of donations on a map of the United States.