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GOP Lags In Campaign Cash

Democrats top Republican donors for the first time in 30 years

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 5, 2007 8:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – Democratic presidential hopefuls have outperformed their GOP rivals at raising primary cash for the first time since 1976. In the first quarter the score was $79 mil to $51 mil, which seems portentous: Bob Dole's campaign manager confesses to the Times that the Dems "... Read full story »

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