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Perfect Match
BY Caitlin Ginley | July 16, 2008
The Federal Election Commission has approved matching funds for six presidential candidates. Democrats Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, and Dennis Kucinich, Republican Duncan Hunter, and independent Ralph Nader will receive more than $7 million collectively for their campaigns, bringing the total of matching funds approved for the 2008 election to about $26.7 million.
Second Choice
BY Caitlin Ginley | April 25, 2008
Most of former presidential candidate John Edwards’s donors are now backing Democrat Barack Obama, The Hill reports. According to FEC records, 1,089 donors who supported Edwards gave contributions of $200 or more to the Obama campaign, while Democrat Hillary Clinton has received donations from only 393 Edwards supporters.
Who’s on Second?
BY Josh Israel | March 28, 2008
Democrat Barack Obama has signed up more than twice as many of John Edwards’s donors as Hillary Clinton, CQ reports.
Edwards: Over and Out
BY Josh Israel | January 30, 2008
Democrat John Edwards announces that he is withdrawing from the 2008 presidential race. His campaign raised more than $30 million through September 2007 and in December was certified by the Federal Election Commission for more than $8 million in matching funds.
527s Run Amok
BY Caitlin Ginley | January 25, 2008
Democrat Barack Obama is taking heat after two independent groups based in California, PowerPAC and Vote Hope, joined forces to spend money on his behalf, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Obama, who has urged supporters to donate directly to his campaign rather than to such groups, recently criticized John Edwards for accepting similar help.
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