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President Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.

Current Office: President
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Last Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

Summary

Election Cycle 2008
Total Income $744,985,624
Total Spent $729,519,581
Cash On Hand $15,466,043
Debt $434,954
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 12/31/2008

Top Contributors

University of California $1,598,395
Goldman Sachs $1,058,595
Harvard University $892,397
Microsoft Corp $837,117
Google Inc $809,436
JPMorgan Chase & Co $747,732
Citigroup Inc $723,840
Sidley Austin LLP $618,598
University of Chicago $616,115
Time Warner $608,584
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The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families.

Top Sectors

Other $83,955,994
Lawyers & Lobbyists $46,151,011
Finance/Insur/RealEst $41,978,756
Misc Business $38,028,492
Communic/Electronics $26,155,025
Ideology/Single-Issue $23,957,442
Health $20,012,864
Construction $5,664,843
Energy/Nat Resource $2,889,928
Agribusiness $2,342,308
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Top Industries

Lawyers/Law Firms $45,420,236
Retired $43,772,429
Education $23,439,078
Misc Business $16,702,390
Securities & Investment $15,904,107
Health Professionals $12,016,033
Business Services $11,931,557
Democratic/Liberal $11,353,213
Real Estate $10,978,583
TV/Movies/Music $9,252,007
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