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| | Mitt Romney had done well in fund raising. During his first fund raiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million dollars compared to an original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter Romney raised more money then any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/16/top_spender_romney_could_soon_run_short/] | | Mitt Romney had done well in fund raising. During his first fund raiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million dollars compared to an original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter Romney raised more money then any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/16/top_spender_romney_could_soon_run_short/] |
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| − | ===Congressional===
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| − | * Former [[Speaker of the House]] [[J. Dennis Hastert|Dennis Hastert]]
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| − | * Senator [[Bob Bennett]] of [[Utah]]
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| − | * Senator [[Orrin Hatch]] of [[Utah]]
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| − | * Senator [[Larry Craig]] of [[Idaho]]
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| − | * Senator [[Jim DeMint]] of [[South Carolina]]
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| − | * Senator [[Wayne Allard]] of [[Colorado]]
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| − | * Senator [[Judd Gregg]] of [[New Hampshire]]
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| − | * Former Sen. [[Jim Talent]] of [[Missouri]]
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| − | * Former Sen. [[Rick Santorum]] of [[Pennsylvania]]
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| − | * Representative [[Tom Tancredo]] of [[Colorado]]
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| − | * Representative [[Marsha Blackburn]] of [[Tennessee]]
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| − | ===Governors===
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| − | * Missouri Governor [[Matt Blunt]]
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| − | * Former Colorado Governor [[Bill Owens]]
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| − | * [[Rhode Island]] Governor [[Donald Carcieri]]
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| − | * Former South Carolina Governor James B. Edwards
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| − | * Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld
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| − | * Former Montana Governor Tim Babcock
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| − | ===Talk Radio===
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| − | * [[Rush Limbaugh]] <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/ThisHour.asp#Limbaugh Endorses Romney Limbaugh Endorses Romney], [[Melanie Hunter]], ''[[CNSNews]]'', February 05, 2008</ref>
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |