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FACTBOX: Wall Street leads campaign giving by business

Mon Feb 4, 2008 1:59am EST

(Reuters) - The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit campaign finance analysis group, on Sunday issued the following data on 2007 donations by selected business sectors to leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.

The data, based on Federal Election Commission reports released on Friday, are preliminary and subject to updating. They reflect political action committee contributions and donations from individuals giving more than $200.

Contributions given to the front-runners in both political parties are highlighted below:

FUND-RAISING BY BUSINESS SECTOR

(in thousands of U.S. dollars)

Hillary Barack John Mitt

Clinton Obama McCain Romney Commercial banks 1,120 1,017 621 717 Computers/Internet 1,283 1,328 294 652 Education 2,051 2,843 296 659 Health professionals 2,314 1,720 714 1,182 Health services/HMOs 326 217 108 153 Hedge funds/pvt equity 1,266 1,040 395 837 Hospitals/nursing homes 521 461 134 202 Insurance 666 478 309 704 Lawyers/law firms 11,756 9,521 2,508 2,433 Lobbyists 823 86 416 255 Oil & gas 269 132 230 375 Pharmaceuticals 349 338 98 318 Real estate 4,800 2,749 1,901 3,666 Securities/investment 5,829 5,296 2,134 4,142 TV/movies/music 2,642 2,526 442 227 Source: Center for Responsive Politics ">here



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