Latest Hollywood Contributions to Presidential Candidates

Nikki Finke reported on the Deadline Holloywood Daily Blog the breakdown of TV/Movie/Music industry giving to the 2008 presidential candidates after six months of fundraising. Of the $265 million total, $4.4 million has come from Hollywood through July 15th. No surprise that the overwhelming majority of green is going to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Among Republicans, it's to John McCain and Rudy Guiliani. These new numbers are based on Federal Election Commission data and compiled by the Center For Responsive Politics:

Hillary Clinton (D): $1,563,948 Barack Obama (D): $1,302,072 John Edwards (D): $378,342 John McCain (R): $293,975 Rudy Giuliani (R): $268,915 Chris Dodd (D): $186,820 Bill Richardson (D): $165,150 Mitt Romney (R): $143,181 Joe Biden (D): $63,200

Tom Vilsack (D): $18,950 Ron Paul (R): $18,473 Dennis Kucinich (D): $10,143 Sam Brownback (R): $7,450 Mike Huckabee (R): $4,800 Duncan Hunter (R): $2,100 Mike Gravel (D): $1,150 Tom Tancredo (R): $1,000

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