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Thursday, February 01, 2007
Giuliani leads in GOP cash race's first fundraising milestone
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani boasted the most ready cash for a presidential bid of any Republican White House hopeful, according to reports due yesterday to the Federal Election Commission.
The reports offer a first but incomplete snapshot of the early Republican fundraising race. Some candidates, including former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Massachusetts, are not required to report their presidential fundraising until later this year. Several Republican White House contenders still control funds in Senate or House accounts, which can be tranferred to a presidential bid. Giuliani had over $1 million in his presidential exploratory committee as of the end of 2006. He also controls a Senate campaign committee from his aborted 2000 bid which had $2 million in the bank as of Sept. 30, but the committee's most recent report had not been received by Senate officials as of Thursday afternoon. Giuliani transferred a total of $100,000 from his Senate committee to his presidential committee late last year. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, reported the second highest cash-on-hand in the incomplete GOP field, with a combined $492,000 saved away in his presidential and Senate committees. Combined federal cash-on-hand for 2008 Republicans: Giuliani (New York): $1,014,531.62 (Pres. cmte. only; Sen. cmte. info unavailable as of Thursday afternoon) Sen. McCain (Arizona): $492,487.30 (Pres., Sen. cmtes.) Rep. Tancredo (Colorado): $189,092.12 (House cmte. only) Rep. Hunter (California): $53,379.37 (House cmte. only) Sen. Brownback (Kansas): $41,758.84 (Sen. cmte. only) Romney (Massachusetts): $20,159.89 (Sen. cmte. only) Thompson (Wisconsin) $500.00 (Pres. cmte only) NOTE: No presidential reports were required from the following because their presidential committees were created in 2007: GOP -- Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, Hunter, Romney, Tancredo. -- CNN's Robert Yoon and Xuan Thai
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