Medford Donors Favor Obama

Richardson Also Benefits from Tufts Connection

Medford residents have donated more money to US Senator Barack Obama, above, than to any other presidential candidate. Photo courtesy Office of Senator Obama.

– Allison Goldsberry

2008 is only a day old and so far, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the presidential candidates have raised a record $416,200,000- a sum that continues to grow daily.

More than $11,000,000 of that money came from Massachusetts donors, more than any other New England state.

Nearly $30,000 was donated by Medford residents, who favored Illinois Senator Barack Obama more than any other candidate.

Obama collected $6,915 from Medfordites from April through October 2007, and has no doubt raked in more since the last FEC reporting period.

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, a Tufts University alum, took in $6,450 from Medford, including $1,000 from Tufts President Larry Bacow.

The candidates with the largest war chests, New York Senator Hillary Clinton and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, collected $3,980 and $4,900 in campaign contributions from Medford, respectively.

Medford and the rest of Massachusetts will head to the polls on February 5, 2008 for the presidential primary.

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See a list of campaign contributions from Medford

Campaign contribution information from the Federal Election Commission