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Presidential Fundraising at a Glance NewsMax.com Wires
Highlights of the latest campaign finance reports that presidential candidates filed with the Federal Election Commission. The reports cover April through June. TOMMY 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
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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. © 2007 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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