Posted on 10/17/2007 3:57:53 PM PDT by CheyennePress
New campaign finance records released today show that presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton are leading in the battle for Iowans' pocketbooks.
Overall, Iowans as of Sept. 30 have given about $834,000 to presidential candidates since the beginning of the campaign, Federal Election Commission records show.
But that sum is a blip compared to more populous states, including first-place California, where residents have come up with $51.2 million to finance the race for the White House. Iowans with their first-in-the-nation caucuses usually get to enjoy attention from presidential candidates without having to attend fundraising events.
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, has gotten more Iowans to write checks than any presidential candidate of either party, gathering about $149,000 from across the state.
His top contributors include Barry Griswell, chief executive officer of Principal Financial Group; Teresa Wahlert, president of MidAmerica Group; businessman Marvin Pomerantz; and auto dealer Charles Gabus.
Among the Democratic candidates, Clinton, a U.S. senator from New York, is in first place, taking in about $126,000 to date.
Her top contributors include prominent Democratic activists in Des Moines such as Ed and Bonnie Campbell; lawyer Jerry Crawford; former Gov. Tom Vilsack; and Dr. Andrea McGuire.
More than 70 percent of Clinton's money has come from Des Moines and its western suburbs.
Closely trailing Clinton with nearly $117,000 from Iowans is Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, while ex-Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina is in third place with more than $105,000.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has collected close to $42,000, and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware about $26,000. Iowans have given Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio about $10,000 each. Ex-Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska has collected $415.
Among Republicans, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in a distant second place to Romney with $65,000 from Iowans; Sen. John McCain of Arizona has about $50,000; and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, about $41,000.
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, who's dropped out of the race, received nearly $24,000, while former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee received about $20,000, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas about $19,000 and Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado nearly $13,000. Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee received about $12,000.
Bringing up the bottom of the GOP list were Rep. Duncan Hunter of California with about $2,000 and activist John Cox with $337 from Iowans.
That’s right, give to the rich “front runners” because they “will win” and we all want to say we “voted for the winner”
Note the tagline ...
Hillary Clinton, I am going to say this very clearly so even you will understand. We don’t want your crooked enabler butt in the WH along with your rapist husband.
We will not allow you or anyone else to distract us with your sorry baggage and no experience while you are selling this country out to the enemy.
From a purely superficial perspective (the way huge percentages of people will unfortunately vote), the last candidate we want running against Hillary is an ‘old white man’. Yeah, Romney is technically an ‘old white man’, but he’s got a young mind, quick wit, and looks much younger for his age.
Don’t tell HillDog, but she’s only a year younger than Romney... ;)
Old White Man versus the Other White Meat....battle of the titans!
Is that a real picture? lol
I doubt that woman has ever spent much time in the kitchen.
...campaign contributions or taxes?
After all the illegal Chinese money, you wouldn’t think that Hillary would need Iowa money...
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