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Race for President, 2012: Fund-raising at a glance

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Research, chart by OpenSecrets.org

WASHINGTON–The magnitude of President Obama’s second quarter fund-raising success is seen best in comparison to GOP 2012 rivals:

$46.3 million: Obama (not counting related donations to the Democratic National Committee.

$18.3 million: Mitt Rommney

$4.5 million: Ron Paul

$4.3 million: Tim Pawlenty

$3.6 million: Michele Bachmann

$2.1 million: Newt Gingrich

$2.0 million: Herman Cain

$ 582,348: Rick Santorum

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