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Presidential Fundraising at a Glance
NewsMax.com Wires Monday, July 16, 2007
Highlights of the latest campaign finance reports that presidential
candidates filed with the Federal Election Commission. The reports cover
April through June.
FRED THOMPSON
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions for primary and general
elections, loans and transfers) $890,398 ($6,700 for general election)
Total contributions to date: $788,611
Total spending to date: $766,357
Second quarter contributions: $461,268
Second quarter spending: $502,330
Second quarter transfers or loans: $25,000
Cash on hand: $121,648
Debt: $127,434
Top donor states: Wisconsin, $213,842; Florida, $36,450; Missouri, $22,828.
Top employers: Bulk Petroleum, whose employees gave $11,500; MDVIP, $9,200;
VeriChip Corp., $7,400.
Of note: Debts and obligations owed by the former Wisconsin governor's
presidential campaign exceed his cash on hand, according to his filing.
Thompson loaned his campaign $25,000 on June 27, bringing the total he is
owed by the campaign to $100,000.
___
DENNIS KUCINICH
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions for primary and general
elections, loans and transfers) $1.1 million
Total contributions to date: $1.1 million
Total spending to date: $901,971
Second quarter contributions: $756,568
Second quarter spending: $707,508
Second quarter transfers or loans: none
Cash on hand: $213,269
Debt: none
Top donor states: California, $63,982; New York, $21,313; Washington,
$12,610.
Top employers: Not enough contributors specified their employer to provide a
meaningful breakdown. The top occupation categories were "self-employed,"
$44,162 and "retired," $31,695.
Of note: The former Cleveland mayor and current House member reported $9,891
in contributions from Ohioans this quarter, compared with $5,281 earlier in
the year.
___
MIKE HUCKABEE
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions for primary and general
elections, loans and transfers) $1.3 million
Total contributions to date: $1.3 million
Total spending to date: $873,584
Second quarter contributions: $763,617
Second quarter spending: $702,622
Second quarter transfers or loans: none
Cash on hand: $437,169
Debt: $31,045
Top donor states: Arkansas, $293,582; Texas, $117,599; North Carolina,
$36,159.
Top employers: Challenger Inc., whose employees gave $6,900; The Stephens
Group, whose employees gave $6,900; Wal-Mart Stores Inc., whose employees
gave $5,800.
Of note: It wasn't much, but Huckabee's long-shot bid for the Republican
nomination got a bit of help from Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer.
Employees of the Bentonville, Ark.-based company gave the former governor
$5,800.
___
RUDY GIULIANI
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions for primary and general
elections, loans and transfers) $35.6 million ($3.7 million for general
election)
Total contributions to date: $33.5 million ($3.7 million for general
election)
Total spending to date: $17 million
Second quarter contributions: $17.5 million
Second quarter spending: $11 million
Second quarter transfers or loans: none
Cash on hand: $18.3 million ($3.7 million for general election)
Debt: none
Top donor states: New York, $4.2 million; Florida $1.7 million; California,
$1.7 million.
Top employers: Ernst & Young, where employees gave $143,000; Highland
Capital Management, whose employees gave $70,000; New Breed Inc., a
Greensboro, N.C., logistics and distribution company whose employees gave
$66,000.
Of note: Giuliani raised twice as much money in Florida in the second
quarter than he did in the first quarter, making the state his second
largest benefactor, behind New York. Giuliani has spent considerable time in
Florida, a state that moved up its primary to Jan. 29, increasing its
significance politically as well as financially for candidates.
___
MITT ROMNEY
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions, loans and transfers: $44.4
million
Total contributions to date: $35 million
Total spending to date: $31.8 million
Second quarter contributions: $14 million
Second quarter spending: $20.5 million
Second quarter transfers or loans: $6.5 million personal loan from candidate
Cash on hand: $12.1 million
Debt: $8.94 million
Top donor states: California, $1.96 million; Utah, $1.14 million; Florida,
$966,000.
Top employers: Merrill Lynch, whose employees gave $62,000; E-Trade
Financial, whose employees gave $51,000; Energy Solutions, a Utah-based
nuclear services company whose employees gave $36,400.
Of note: Romney spent virtually all of his second-quarter revenues,
including his contributions and his personal loan. His biggest expense was
$4.9 million on media for television advertising, more than twice what he
spent in the first three months of the year.
___
BILL RICHARDSON
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions, loans and transfers): $13.3
million
Total contributions to date: $13.3 million ($153,000 for the general
election)
Total spending to date: $6.2 million
Second quarter contributions: $7 million
Second quarter spending:$5 million
Second quarter transfers or loans: none
Cash on hand: $7.1 million ($153,000 for the general election)
Debt: $61,000
Top donor states: New Mexico, $1.38 million; California, $850,000; New York,
$606,000; Texas, $560,000.
Top employers: State of New Mexico government, whose employees contributed
$68,600; American Income Life Insurance, whose employees donated $37,600;
BGK Group, a real estate company based in New Mexico whose employees gave
$27,500.
Of note: Richardson slightly improved his fundraising in the second quarter.
He raised $6.3 million in the first three months when he spent a limited
time fundraising because the New Mexico state legislature was in session and
he had to attend to state business. Aides had initially predicted he would
well exceed his first quarter performance in the spring.
Presidential Fundraising at a Glance
NewsMax.com Wires Monday, July 16, 2007
Highlights of the latest campaign finance reports that presidential
candidates filed with the Federal Election Commission. The reports cover
April through June.
FRED THOMPSON
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions for primary and general
elections, loans and transfers) $890,398 ($6,700 for general election)
Total contributions to date: $788,611
Total spending to date: $766,357
Second quarter contributions: $461,268
Second quarter spending: $502,330
Second quarter transfers or loans: $25,000
Cash on hand: $121,648
Debt: $127,434
Top donor states: Wisconsin, $213,842; Florida, $36,450; Missouri, $22,828.
Top employers: Bulk Petroleum, whose employees gave $11,500; MDVIP, $9,200;
VeriChip Corp., $7,400.
Of note: Debts and obligations owed by the former Wisconsin governor's
presidential campaign exceed his cash on hand, according to his filing.
Thompson loaned his campaign $25,000 on June 27, bringing the total he is
owed by the campaign to $100,000.
___
DENNIS KUCINICH
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions for primary and general
elections, loans and transfers) $1.1 million
Total contributions to date: $1.1 million
Total spending to date: $901,971
Second quarter contributions: $756,568
Second quarter spending: $707,508
Second quarter transfers or loans: none
Cash on hand: $213,269
Debt: none
Top donor states: California, $63,982; New York, $21,313; Washington,
$12,610.
Top employers: Not enough contributors specified their employer to provide a
meaningful breakdown. The top occupation categories were "self-employed,"
$44,162 and "retired," $31,695.
Of note: The former Cleveland mayor and current House member reported $9,891
in contributions from Ohioans this quarter, compared with $5,281 earlier in
the year.
___
MIKE HUCKABEE
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions for primary and general
elections, loans and transfers) $1.3 million
Total contributions to date: $1.3 million
Total spending to date: $873,584
Second quarter contributions: $763,617
Second quarter spending: $702,622
Second quarter transfers or loans: none
Cash on hand: $437,169
Debt: $31,045
Top donor states: Arkansas, $293,582; Texas, $117,599; North Carolina,
$36,159.
Top employers: Challenger Inc., whose employees gave $6,900; The Stephens
Group, whose employees gave $6,900; Wal-Mart Stores Inc., whose employees
gave $5,800.
Of note: It wasn't much, but Huckabee's long-shot bid for the Republican
nomination got a bit of help from Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer.
Employees of the Bentonville, Ark.-based company gave the former governor
$5,800.
___
RUDY GIULIANI
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions for primary and general
elections, loans and transfers) $35.6 million ($3.7 million for general
election)
Total contributions to date: $33.5 million ($3.7 million for general
election)
Total spending to date: $17 million
Second quarter contributions: $17.5 million
Second quarter spending: $11 million
Second quarter transfers or loans: none
Cash on hand: $18.3 million ($3.7 million for general election)
Debt: none
Top donor states: New York, $4.2 million; Florida $1.7 million; California,
$1.7 million.
Top employers: Ernst & Young, where employees gave $143,000; Highland
Capital Management, whose employees gave $70,000; New Breed Inc., a
Greensboro, N.C., logistics and distribution company whose employees gave
$66,000.
Of note: Giuliani raised twice as much money in Florida in the second
quarter than he did in the first quarter, making the state his second
largest benefactor, behind New York. Giuliani has spent considerable time in
Florida, a state that moved up its primary to Jan. 29, increasing its
significance politically as well as financially for candidates.
___
MITT ROMNEY
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions, loans and transfers: $44.4
million
Total contributions to date: $35 million
Total spending to date: $31.8 million
Second quarter contributions: $14 million
Second quarter spending: $20.5 million
Second quarter transfers or loans: $6.5 million personal loan from candidate
Cash on hand: $12.1 million
Debt: $8.94 million
Top donor states: California, $1.96 million; Utah, $1.14 million; Florida,
$966,000.
Top employers: Merrill Lynch, whose employees gave $62,000; E-Trade
Financial, whose employees gave $51,000; Energy Solutions, a Utah-based
nuclear services company whose employees gave $36,400.
Of note: Romney spent virtually all of his second-quarter revenues,
including his contributions and his personal loan. His biggest expense was
$4.9 million on media for television advertising, more than twice what he
spent in the first three months of the year.
___
BILL RICHARDSON
Total receipts to date: (includes contributions, loans and transfers): $13.3
million
Total contributions to date: $13.3 million ($153,000 for the general
election)
Total spending to date: $6.2 million
Second quarter contributions: $7 million
Second quarter spending:$5 million
Second quarter transfers or loans: none
Cash on hand: $7.1 million ($153,000 for the general election)
Debt: $61,000
Top donor states: New Mexico, $1.38 million; California, $850,000; New York,
$606,000; Texas, $560,000.
Top employers: State of New Mexico government, whose employees contributed
$68,600; American Income Life Insurance, whose employees donated $37,600;
BGK Group, a real estate company based in New Mexico whose employees gave
$27,500.
Of note: Richardson slightly improved his fundraising in the second quarter.
He raised $6.3 million in the first three months when he spent a limited
time fundraising because the New Mexico state legislature was in session and
he had to attend to state business. Aides had initially predicted he would
well exceed his first quarter performance in the spring.
