Obama leads in campaign funding
July 1st, 2007
Democrat Barack Obama eclipses Hillary Clinton in the battle to raise funds for the US presidential elections.
The Illinois senator raised $32.5m (£16.2m) for his presidential campaign in the period from April to June, a record for a Democratic candidate.
Mr Obama has now raised a total of $55.7m in funding.
But Ms Clinton, who is estimated to have raised around $27m in the same quarter, still leads in opinion polls.
Former Senator John Edwards, is expected to announce a second quarter figure of just over $9m.
Mr Obama said he received at least 154,000 contributions in the last accounting period, bringing the total number of donors to 258,000 in the first half of the year.
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