Fundraising for the 2008 United States presidential election

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Fundraising for the 2008 United States presidential election plays a central role in many presidential campaigns, and is a key factor in determining the viability of candidates. Money raised is applied in many ways, such as for the salaries of non-volunteers in the campaign, transportation, campaign materials, and media advertisements. Under United States law, candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) at the end of every calendar quarter. Summaries of these reports are made available to the public shortly thereafter, revealing the relative financial situations of all the campaigns.

1 Election Cycle Summary
2 4th Quarter 2007
- 2.1 Democrats
- 2.2 Republicans
3 3rd Quarter 2007
- 3.1 Democrats
- 3.2 Republicans
4 2nd Quarter 2007
- 4.1 Democrats
- 4.2 Republicans
5 1st Quarter 2007
- 5.1 Democrats
- 5.2 Republicans
6 References

[edit] Election Cycle Summary

On February 22, 2008, the New York Times reported for the period through January 31, 2008, with Hillary Clinton's campaign spending $106 million, Barack Obama's campaign spending $115 million and John McCain's committee $41 million."^[1] In general, the current Federal Elections Commission election cycle-to-date statistics may be viewed online, in summary and tablular form.^[2]

[edit] Through December 31, 2007

Quarterly FEC reports summarize the total contributions (from individuals, political party committees, other political committees, and the candidate), loans, receipts (incoming money), and disbursements (outgoing money) for the election cycle. The tables immediately below include finance totals from the start of the election cycle up to December 31, 2007. All values in US dollars. Candidates sorted by total campaign contributions.

[edit] Democrats

Candidate	Contributions	Loans Received	All Receipts	Operating Expenditures	All Disbursements
Hillary Clinton ‡	107,056,586	0	118,301,659	77,804,197	106,000,000
Barack Obama	102,092,819	0	103,802,537	84,497,445	85,176,289
John Edwards ‡	34,986,088	8,974,714	44,259,386	33,513,005	36,468,929
Bill Richardson †	22,421,742	1,000,000	23,671,031	21,401,414	21,857,565
Chris Dodd †	10,414,392	1,302,811	16,547,015	14,040,555	14,057,455
Joe Biden †	8,245,241	1,132,114	11,405,771	9,518,537	9,538,687
Dennis Kucinich †	3,869,613	0	3,870,840	3,638,219	3,641,234
Combined Total	289,086,481	12,409,639	321,858,239	244,413,372	251,093,944

† This candidate has withdrawn his or her presidential bid.

‡ This candidate has suspended his or her presidential bid.

[edit] Republicans

Candidate	Contributions	Loans Received	All Receipts	Operating Expenditures	All Disbursements
Rudy Giuliani †	58,789,214	0	61,645,421	48,197,458	48,868,609
Mitt Romney ‡	53,915,464	35,350,000	90,076,402	86,670,597	87,644,955
John McCain	37,480,640	2,971,697	42,094,078	30,721,676	39,145,650
Ron Paul	28,146,661	0	28,219,301	20,262,288	20,380,121
Fred Thompson †	21,740,757	0	21,812,645	19,495,821	19,672,378
Mike Huckabee	8,990,477	0	9,003,810	7,090,971	7,107,365
Sam Brownback †	3,653,570	0	4,374,058	4,295,606	4,368,746
Duncan Hunter †	2,321,563	130,000	2,496,085	2,275,986	2,299,490
Tommy Thompson †	1,024,992	196,000	1,226,129	1,213,274	1,223,567
Jim Gilmore †	357,986	34,804	404,881	384,026	388,426
Tom Tancredo †
Combined Total	216,421,324	38,682,501	261,352,810	220,607,703	231,099,307

† This candidate has withdrawn his presidential bid.

‡ This candidate has suspended his presidential bid.

[edit] 4th Quarter 2007

This is a summary of campaign finance for the fourth quarter of 2007, spanning from October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007. All data has been extracted from reports provided by the Federal Elections Commission.^[3]

By default, the tables below sort the candidates by Receipts without loans for the 4th quarter of 2007. These values are largely composed of campaign contributions, but also include offsets to expenditures (refunds, rebates, etc.) and other receipts (dividents, interest, etc.). To sort by another value, click the column's icon. All values in US Dollars.

[edit] Democrats

Candidate	Total Receipts	Money Raised Primaries	Money Raised General	Loans Received	Receipts w/o Loans	Money Spent	Cash On Hand	Total Debt	Cash on Hand Minus Debt
Hillary Clinton ‡	27,339,347	19,954,747	3,119,909	0	26,776,409	39,886,410	37,947,874	4,987,425	32,960,449
Barack Obama	23,526,004	15,117,691	920,081	0	22,847,568	40,896,076	18,626,248	792,681	17,833,567
John Edwards ‡	13,900,622			8,974,714	4,834,761	18,537,625	7,790,458	9,067,278	-1,276,820
Joe Biden †	3,190,122			1,132,114	2,055,971	3,209,364	1,867,392	2,073,418	-206,026
Bill Richardson †	4,971,095			1,000,000	3,898,226	8,979,217	1,813,466	374,164	1,439,302
Dennis Kucinich †	1,738,916			0	1,738,679	1,785,429	282,826	–	282,826

† This candidate has withdrawn his presidential bid.

‡ This candidate has suspended his presidential bid.

[edit] Republicans

Candidate	Total Receipts	Loans Received	Receipts w/o Loans	Money Spent	Cash On Hand	Total Debt	Cash on Hand Minus Debt
Rudy Giuliani †	14,391,901	0	14,177,287	18,264,914	12,776,812	1,166,509	11,610,303
Ron Paul	19,951,290	0	19,951,290	17,556,672	7,839,421	0	7,839,421
Mitt Romney ‡	27,247,333	18,000,000	9,068,011	34,032,404	2,431,447	35,350,000	-32,918,553
Fred Thompson †	8,984,534	0	8,925,284	13,966,011	2,140,267	404,221	1,736,046
John McCain	9,969,292	2,971,697	6,836,072	10,509,492	2,948,428	4,516,030	-1,567,602
Mike Huckabee	6,651,957	0	6,642,586	5,406,812	1,896,446	97,676	1,798,770
Sam Brownback †	136,944	0	110,773	226,871	5,324	32,208	-26,884
Tommy Thompson †	63,722	28,500	32,756	61,740	2,562	197,912	-195,350

† This candidate has withdrawn his presidential bid.

‡ This candidate has suspended his presidential bid.

[edit] 3rd Quarter 2007

Campaign Finance Information according to the Federal Elections Commission for the end of the third calendar quarter, 2007, ending September 30, 2007. The committees reporting may have amended their filings in the months following the initial reporting deadlines.^[4]

[edit] Democrats

Candidate	Money Raised, 3Q	Money Raised Primaries	Money Raised General	Loans Received, 3Q	Money Spent, 3Q	Total Receipts	Cash On Hand	Total Debt	After Debt
Hillary Clinton	$27,859,861	$18,903,993.69	$4,088,969.66	–	$22,623,680	$90,935,788	$50,463,013	$2,347,486	$48,115,527
Barack Obama	$21,343,291	$14,429,487	$1,156,525	–	$21,519,789	$80,256,426	$36,087,190	$1,409,739	$34,677,451
John Edwards	$7,157,232			–	$8,271,937	$30,329,151	$12,397,048	–	$12,397,048
Bill Richardson	$5,358,585			–	$6,666,681	$18,699,936	$5,821,587	$75,222	$5,746,365
Christopher Dodd	$1,522,061			–	$4,025,458	$13,598,152	$3,874,874	-	$3,874,874
Joe Biden	$1,757,394			–	$2,635,896	$8,215,739	$1,886,340	$128,210	$1,758,130
Dennis Kucinich	$1,011,696			–	$888,773	$2,130,200	$327,094	-	$327,094
Mike Gravel	$130,598			–	$144,225	$379,794	$17,527	$85,853	-$68,326

[edit] Republicans

Candidate	Money Raised, 3Q	Loans Received, 3Q	Money Spent, 3Q	Total Receipts	Cash On Hand	Total Debt	After Debt
Rudy Giuliani	$11,624,255	–	$13,300,649	$47,253,520	$16,649,825	$169,256	$16,480,569
Mitt Romney	$9,896,719	$8,500,000	$21,301,755	$62,829,068	$9,216,517	$17,350,000	- $8,133,483
Fred Thompson	$9,750,820 †	–	$5,706,366	$12,828,110	$7,121,744	$678,432	$6,443,312
Ron Paul	$5,258,455	–	$2,169,644	$8,268,452	$5,443,667	–	$5,443,667
John McCain	$5,734,477	–	$5,470,277	$32,124,785	$3,488,627	$1,730,691	$1,757,936
Mike Huckabee	$1,034,486	–	$819,376	$2,345,797	$651,300	$47,810	$603,490
Duncan Hunter	$486,356	$50,000	$618,117	$1,890,873	$132,741	$50,000	$82,741
Tom Tancredo	$767,152	–	$1,209,583	$3,538,244	$110,079	$295,603	- $185,524
Sam Brownback	$925,745	–	$1,278,856	$4,235,333	$94,653	–	$94,653

† Number equals third quarter totals only. Friends of Fred Thompson Inc. received $3,077,290 covering period 06/04/2007 to 06/30/2007, and reported $12,828,110 in total receipts for the third quarter report.^[5]

[edit] 2nd Quarter 2007

Campaign Finance Information according to the Federal Elections Commission as of July 17, 2007.^[6]

[edit] Democrats

Candidate	Money Raised, 2Q	Money Raised Primaries	Money Raised General	Loans Received, 2Q	Money Spent, 2Q	Total Receipts	Cash On Hand
Hillary Clinton	$27,021,358	$18,799,440.01	$5,860,372.50	–	$12,769,306	$63,075,927	$45,226,832
Barack Obama	$33,120,440	$23,502,207	$2,134,666	–	$16,042,388	$58,912,520	$36,263,689
John Edwards	$9,097,495			–	$6,485,422	$23,129,158	$13,242,954
Bill Richardson	$7,090,278			–	$4,983,067	$13,339,633	$7,129,684
Christopher Dodd	$3,280,284			–	$4,384,580	$12,076,091	$6,378,271
Joe Biden	$2,451,180			–	$2,517,654	$6,461,745	$2,772,442
Dennis Kucinich	$757,035			–	$707,653	$1,117,566	$213,269
Mike Gravel	$140,510			-$10,000	$99,866	$238,745	$31,141

[edit] Republicans

Candidate	Money Raised, 2Q	Loans Received, 2Q	Money Spent, 2Q	Total Receipts	Cash On Hand
Rudy Giuliani	$17,599,292	–	$11,222,806	$35,269,625	$18,326,820
Mitt Romney	$14,275,263	$6,500,000	$20,739,814	$44,432,350	$12,121,554
John McCain	$11,591,044	–	$13,071,657	$25,328,694	$3,224,428
Ron Paul	$2,369,453	–	$539,517	$3,009,997	$2,354,855
Tom Tancredo	$1,466,188	–	$1,474,791	$2,807,879	$598,451
Mike Huckabee	$765,873	–	$702,622	$1,310,753	$437,169
Sam Brownback	$1,425,767	–	$1,798,493	$3,321,965	$433,900
Duncan Hunter	$814,417	–	$874,042	$1,352,941	$212,927
Tommy Thompson	$461,555	$25,000	$504,631	$890,398	$121,648

[edit] 1st Quarter 2007

Campaign Finance Information according to the Federal Elections Commission as of March 31, 2007.^[7]

[edit] Democrats

Candidate	Money Raised	Money Raised Primaries	Money Raised General	Money Spent	Cash On Hand
Hillary Clinton	$36,054,569	$16,709,691.30	$6,986,340.00	$5,079,789	$30,974,780
Barack Obama	$25,797,722	$19,433,812	$972,039	$6,605,201	$19,192,521
John Edwards	$14,031,663			$3,299,782	$10,731,881
Christopher Dodd	$8,795,706			$1,313,239	$7,482,467
Bill Richardson	$6,249,355			$1,226,882	$5,022,473
Joe Biden	$4,013,090			$1,174,174	$2,838,916
Dennis Kucinich	$358,569			$194,682	$163,887
Mike Gravel	$108,236			$107,737	$498

[edit] Republicans

Candidate	Money Raised	Money Spent	Cash On Hand
Rudy Giuliani	$18,029,974	$6,080,239	$11,949,735
Mitt Romney	$21,084,634	$10,332,450	$11,863,653
John McCain	$14,798,613	$9,617,814	$5,180,799
Sam Brownback	$1,871,058	$1,064,432	$806,626
Tom Tancredo	$1,256,090	$711,012	$575,078
Ron Paul	$639,989	$115,070	$524,919
Mike Huckabee	$544,157	$170,239	$373,918
Duncan Hunter	$538,524	$265,972	$272,552
Tommy Thompson	$392,128	$252,405	$139,723
Jim Gilmore	$203,897	$113,790	$90,107

[edit] References

^ Michael Luo, Jo Becker and Patrick Healy. "Clinton Donors Worried by Campaign’s Spending", New York Times, 2008-02-22. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
^ Federal Elections Commission, 2007-2008 Cycle http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+CAN+00 Retrieved April 8, 2008
^ SELECTED PRESIDENTIAL REPORTS FOR THE 2007 YEAR-END
^ SELECTED PRESIDENTIAL REPORTS FOR THE 2007 OCTOBER QUARTERLY
^ Contributions For Friends Of Fred Thompson Inc
^ SELECTED PRESIDENTIAL REPORTS FOR THE 2007 JULY QUARTERLY
^ SELECTED PRESIDENTIAL REPORTS FOR THE 2007 APRIL QUARTERLY

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