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2008 Election Cycle

Total Raised

$3,257,217,142

Total Donated

$3,008,921,460

Candidates

1,638

Committees

10,017

Contributions

3,356,758

Party Breakdown

DEM
$1.9B
766 cands
REP
$1.3B
715 cands
DFL
$37.2M
15 cands
IND
$6.7M
58 cands
LIB
$2.8M
21 cands
UNK
$1.1M
16 cands
GRE
$951K
19 cands
NNE
$283K
6 cands
CST
$282K
2 cands
N/A
$217K
1 cands
JCN
$81K
1 cands
OTH
$81K
5 cands
NPA
$76K
5 cands
TLP
$38K
1 cands
CON
$13K
3 cands
SOC
$10K
1 cands
CRV
$4K
1 cands

Top States

US
$1.8B
101 cands
CA
$84.5M
144 cands
TX
$82.8M
88 cands
MN
$72.4M
38 cands
NY
$71.8M
77 cands
IL
$67.5M
66 cands
FL
$63.8M
88 cands
PA
$59.2M
62 cands
GA
$50.3M
50 cands
NC
$47.3M
42 cands

Top Candidates

Top candidates by total raised in the 2008 election cycle.
#NamePartyStateOfficeTotal Raised
1OBAMA, BARACKDEMUSPresident$778,642,962
2MCCAIN, JOHN S.REPUSPresident$399,826,087
3CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAMDEMUSPresident$252,235,517
4ROMNEY, MITTREPUSPresident$113,659,805
5GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W.REPUSPresident$64,767,316
6EDWARDS, JOHNDEMUSPresident$62,713,070
7PAUL, RONREPUSPresident$35,121,860
8RICHARDSON, BILLDEMUSPresident$24,852,093
9THOMPSON, FRED DALTONREPUSPresident$24,519,318
10FRANKEN, ALDFLMNSenate$22,502,124
11COLEMAN, NORMREPMNSenate$19,298,843
12MCCONNELL, MITCHREPKYSenate$18,681,961
13DODD, CHRISTOPHER JDEMUSPresident$18,669,474
14DOLE, ELIZABETHREPNCSenate$17,268,326
15HUCKABEE, MIKEREPUSPresident$16,495,626
16KERRY, JOHN FORBESDEMMASenate$16,116,152
17BIDEN, JOSEPH R JRDEMUSPresident$14,272,654
18CHAMBLISS, SAXBYREPGASenate$13,969,329
19CORNYN, JOHNREPTXSenate$13,727,473
20WARNER, MARK RDEMVASenate$13,663,049
21UDALL, MARK EDEMCOSenate$11,787,048
22LUNSFORD, BRUCEDEMKYSenate$10,883,172
23WATTS, MIKAL CARTERDEMTXSenate$9,406,554
24SMITH, GORDON HAROLDREPORSenate$9,254,837
25LANDRIEU, MARY LDEMLASenate$9,210,825

Top Individual Donors

Top individual donors in the 2008 election cycle, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotal DonatedContributionsEmployerLocation
1$11,300,0001
2$7,174,45014
3$6,039,570211
4$5,916,62928
5$5,780,00014
6$4,504,6907
7$4,454,8943
8$4,435,5002
9$4,330,0004
10$2,936,49723
11$2,838,08610
12$2,599,0008
13$2,472,44810
14$2,131,815135
15$2,053,96025
16$1,722,02426
17LAUTENBERG, FRANK R$1,428,5002A D PMONTCLAIR, NJ
18$1,391,2751
19$1,317,5001
20$1,295,0006
21$1,283,45419
22$1,271,26212
23GORDON, MARK$1,200,71242KAYDEE, WY
24$1,142,77116
25$1,136,90011

Top Committees

Top committees by total receipts in the 2008 election cycle.
#CommitteeTypeTotal Receipts
1OBAMA FOR AMERICAP$778,642,962
2REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEY$427,558,780
3DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEY$260,111,670
4HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENTP$252,235,517
5JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC.P$239,843,228
6OBAMA VICTORY FUNDN$198,199,739
7DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEY$176,204,625
8DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEY$162,791,453
9NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEEY$118,324,769
10ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC.P$113,659,805
11MCCAIN-PALIN 2008 INCP$111,653,996
12MCCAIN-PALIN VICTORY 2008N$100,970,728
13NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEEY$94,424,743
14MCCAIN VICTORY 2008N$77,274,889
15MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL 2008 HOST COMMITTEE INCX$65,269,167
16RUDY GIULIANI PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE INCP$64,767,316
17DENVER 2008 CONVENTION HOST COMMITTEEN$62,921,576
18JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENTP$62,713,070
19ACTBLUEN$54,598,570
20MCCAIN-PALIN COMPLIANCE FUND INC.P$48,328,864
21MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONQ$39,860,868
22EMILY'S LISTQ$35,232,123
23RON PAUL 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEP$35,121,860
24REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDAY$34,420,242
25SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION (SEIU COPE)Q$31,219,513