I was looking over stats at Open Secrets trying to see if I could find out patterns of donations within an industry. Turns out that isn't easy to do, but I did get distracted by looking into the state by state fundraising numbers. It turns out that Obama is the top fundraiser only in Illinois, Hawaii, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, North Dakota, Vermont, Washington and Colorado.
There are several states in which Obama is the top Democrat. States like Idaho, Utah, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Wyoming. In fact in Mississippi Obama out raises everyone except Thompson and McCain. In Wisconsin only Thompson beats Obama.
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