U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
and US Senator Barack Obama, (D-IL), waits to speak in Billings, Montana
May 19, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Xinhua) -- New U.S. Federal
Election Commission files show Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama
collected 31.3 million U.S. dollars in April from more than 200,000 new donors,
the Washington Times said Wednesday.
The senator from Illinois now has 37.3 million
dollars in cash on hand to spend until the Democratic nomination convention in
late August, according to the reports.
In contrast, his rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New
York, is 19.5 million dollars in debt, including 10 million dollars to herself.
She brought in about 22 million dollars in April, and
has 8 million dollars in cash on hand.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a campaign visit at
Maysville High School in Maysville, Kentucky, May 19, 2008.
(Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
All told, Obama has now raised 256 million dollars
for the primary election, just behind the 262 million dollars taken in by
President George W. Bush in 2004.
He has already surpassed the 219 million dollars raised
by 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.
Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain, the Republican
presumptive presidential nominee, is closing the gap with Obama in campaign
financing.
He brought in 18.5 million dollars during April,
spent only 8.5million dollars, and started this month with 22 million dollars in
the bank.
In effect, McCain has whittled down Obama's financial
advantage from nearly 5 to 1 at the start of April to slightly more than 2 to 1
at the start of May.
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Despite Sen.
Hillary Clinton's landslide victory in Kentucky, her rival Sen. Barack Obama has
reached a new milestone of winning a majority of pledged delegates in the race
for the Democratic nomination.
Clinton won Kentucky by an impressive 35 percent
margin, but Obama's share of the state's 51 pledged delegates was enough to put
him over the threshold. Full story
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Sen. Barack Obama and Hillary
Rodham Clinton split victories in the Oregon and Kentucky Democratic
presidential primaries Tuesday night.
With 40 percent of the precincts reporting, Obama led
Clinton 59 to 41 percent in Oregon. Full story
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Both Democratic
presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can beat their
Republican rival John McCain in the November general elections, according to a
poll released on Wednesday.
The New Quinnipiac University poll found that
Illinois Senator Barack Obama could beat presumptive Republican presidential
nominee John McCain by 47 percent to 40 percent, while New York Senator Hillary
Rodham Clinton could lead McCain at 46 percent to 41 percent. Full story
