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2012 Presidential Race

Presidential candidates have already raised and spent millions of dollars in the 2012 campaign, as we know from the reports they're required to file each month with the Federal Election Commission. Here OpenSecrets.org highlights how the White House hopefuls are stacking up in the money chase, highlighting a comparison of the front-runners. See all active candidates See all candidates -- including those who have dropped out.

Barack Obama (D) Mitt Romney (R) Raised Spent Debts Cash
(on Hand)

$432,197,459 $345,723,446 $2,922,211 $88,777,412

$279,343,000 $228,921,635 $15,000,000 $50,434,404

Source of Funds

Small Indiv Contrib. Large Indiv. Contrib. Individual contributions PAC contributions Federal Funds Other

$162,976,325 $272,868,651 $431,679,828 $0 $0 $512,631

Candidate self-financing $5,000

Small Indiv. Contrib. Large Indiv. Contrib. Individual contributions PAC contributions Federal Funds

$46,759,889 $213,257,046 $258,261,433 $901,524 $0

Candidate self-financing $52,500

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Other $20,127,544 View Source of Funds for All Candidates

Top Contributors
Barack Obama (D) 1 University of California $703,781 2 Microsoft Corp 3 Google Inc 4 Harvard University 5 US Government Mitt Romney (R) 1 Goldman Sachs 2 Bank of America 4 Morgan Stanley $544,445 $526,009 $431,860 $396,550 $891,140 $667,139 $649,847

3 JPMorgan Chase & Co $662,719 5 Credit Suisse Group $554,066 View Top Contributors for All Candidates NOTE: The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organizations' PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Top States
Barack Obama (D) California $39,420,627 New York Illinois $24,066,642 $12,256,006

Massachusetts $11,697,778 Texas $10,076,265 Mitt Romney (R) California $23,827,531 Texas Florida $19,225,359 $18,088,831

New York $17,823,693 Virginia $7,667,882 View Top States for All Candidates

Sector Totals
Barack Obama (D) Agribusiness Communications/ Electronics Construction Defense Energy & Natural Resources Health Lawyers & Lobbyists Transportation Misc Business Labor Ideological/ Single-Issue Other Mitt Romney (R) Agribusiness Communications/ Electronics Construction Defense Energy & Natural Resources

$1,377,503 $13,651,524 $2,626,565 $658,450 $1,574,338 $11,351,136 $18,898,596 $833,782 $14,984,120 $168,488 $9,167,621 $56,549,161 $4,075,531 $4,314,144 $5,505,408 $584,861 $6,312,201

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $14,424,199

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Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $39,531,725 Health Lawyers & Lobbyists Transportation Misc Business Labor Ideological/ Single-Issue $9,177,189 $10,044,385 $3,465,169 $17,084,014 $1,000 $4,602,332

Other $40,474,451 View Sector Totals for All Candidates

Top Industries
Barack Obama (D) Retired Education Business Services Mitt Romney (R) Retired Real Estate Lawyers/Law Firms

$34,871,463 $12,559,510 $5,631,400 $36,223,804 $9,233,801 $8,901,158

Lawyers/Law Firms $18,591,884 Health Professionals $6,474,551

Securities & Investment $15,914,851

Misc Finance $6,047,471 View Top Industries for All Candidates

Quality of Disclosure

Full Disclosure $173,718,944 (84.6%) Incomplete No Disclosure $23,047,191 (11.2%) $8,520,169 (4.2%)

Full Disclosure $171,339,970 (78.9%) Incomplete $15,487,003 (7.1%) No Disclosure $30,444,208 (14.0%) View Quality of Disclosure for All Candidates

Why (and How) We Use Donors' Employer/Occupation Information METHODOLOGY NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2012 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Friday, September 21, 2012. ("Help! The numbers don't add up...")
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