N.Y. Sen. Clinton gave $190,000 to Democratic candidates in March

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N.Y. Sen. Clinton gave $190,000 to Democratic candidates in March
4/20/2006, 9:47 p.m. ET

By DEVLIN BARRETT
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton shared her wealth in March, doling out $190,000 in contributions to Democrats in Iowa, New Hampshire and elsewhere, according to a campaign report filed late Thursday.

Clinton's political action committee, HILLPAC, raised $272,477 and spent $327,484 in March, according to the group's filing to the Federal Election Commission.

The senator spread the money far and wide, particularly on fellow Democrats running for Senate and on state party organizations.

Clinton, a potential 2008 candidate for the White House, donated $5,000 each to the New Hampshire Democrats and the Iowa Democrats — two states that play key early roles in presidential primaries. She gave the same amount to state parties in Michigan and Arizona.

Clinton spokeswoman Ann Lewis said the donations were aimed at strong candidates in key election battles around the country. She said the Iowa and New Hampshire donations were part of a larger effort to help Democratic candidates for governor in 2006.

The Senate Democrats' campaign committee, the House Democrats' campaign committee and the national committee each received $15,000.

Two congressmen trying to make it to the Senate also got boosts from Clinton. Rep. Bernie Sanders, who is running for the seat held by retiring Vermont lawmaker Jim Jeffords, received $10,000, as did Harold Ford Jr., of Tennessee, who is campaigning for the seat being vacated by Majority Leader Bill Frist.


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[William769]

1. Good for her!

I LOVE HILLARY!

[FrenchieCat]

2. I love her too....not for President....but I'm glad she's spreading

the moula around!

[OneBlueSky]

3. with her bankroll, she should be doing a lot more, imo . . . n/t

.

[sandnsea]

4. Money she took out of other states

Who need the money for their own candidates' campaigns. Oregon, at least, was none too happy about it. She better kick up a whole lot more than this out of her $20 million war chest.

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=82826

[wisteria]

5. She is a little late jumping on the band wagon.

it also appears she did this only after being criticized earlier for not being a team player and just raising funds for her"senate race". I am happy she is doing something now, it just seems halfhearted.

[NCarolinawoman]

6. IOWA?!! NEW HAMPSHIRE?!! I am not impressed.

I've been scraping the bottom of my own wallet to give to candidates in Kentucky, upper New York state, Texas, Virginia, and Missouri.

I aslo give money, (what there is of it), to people who are running in my own state of North Carolina; and then I see Hillary fly in ("under the radar", as the paper described it), raise a bundle HERE and fly back to NY. People who sponsored this event kind of hemmed and hawed and said "she needed this money for her Senate run". Yeah, sure.

I guess North Carolina shouldn't expect any money from Hillary because our Presidential Caucus isn't until May.

:grr:

[AtomicKitten]

7. nothing wrong with greasing the machine for other Dems