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Posted: Monday, July 23rd, 2007 4:56 AM HST
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Obama has big lead in campaign contributions from Hawaii
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HONOLULU (AP) _ Hawaii residents have donated 219-thousand dollars to presidential candidates as of June 30th, with island-born Barack Obama receiving about 45 percent of all the contributions.
That's according to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission.
The Illinois senator has received 98-thousand dollars followed by fellow Democratic senators Hillary Rodham Clinton with 23-thousand dollars and John Edwards with 22-thousand dollars.
On the Republican side, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads the pack in Hawaii, with 18-thousand dollars. Senator John McCain was next among the Republicans, collecting 16-thousand dollars in the past six months.
Nationally, Clinton leads the way with 63 (m) million raised, followed by Obama's 59 (m) million and Romney's 44 (m) million.
(Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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