On Nov. 2, GOP Got More Bang For Its Billion, Analysis Shows
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In the most expensive presidential contest in the nation's history, John F. Kerry and his Democratic supporters nearly matched President Bush and the Republicans, who outspent them by just &#36;60 million, &#36;1.14 billion to &#36;1.08 billion.
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Spending by contestants and supporters in the U.S. elections this year will be nearly &#36;4 billion, the highest ever, a study released on Thursday said.
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U.S. personal spending jumped a much  bigger-than-expected 1.1 percent in November, the sharpest rise  in more than two years, while prices rose, a Commerce  Department report showed on Friday.
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CAMPAIGN SPENDING in the 2004 presidential race has already cracked the $1 billion mark, almost twice the amount at this time four years ago.
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Consumer inflation surged by the largest amount in more than two years in November, led by gasoline prices. The cost of clothing, airline tickets and prescription drugs also jumped.
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National Democratic Party committees raised nearly $60 million in the first four months of this year, one-fourth more than two years ago and twice as much as they collected during the same period in 2003.
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The fund-raising totals underscored the tough political environment for Republicans and the big money advantage that the Democrats have built so far.
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Senator Barack Obama was lifted to victory by a high turnout. On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee defeated the better funded Mitt Romney.
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Republican campaign committees had a  significant $18 million financial advantage on Democrats  heading into the final months of the November 7 election battle  for control of Congress.
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Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani beat his rivals by raising $17 million for his campaign during the last three months. Mitt Romney raised $14 million and loaned his campaign another $6.5 million.
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Led by higher gasoline prices, consumer inflation shot up in November by the largest amount in more than two years.
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Senate and House Democrats, optimistic about their election-year prospects, have more money in the bank for the midterm contests than their Republican counterparts.
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Since the end of October, when it became clearer that Bush would win, the market has perked up.
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Though unregulated money primarily fueled liberal causes during the first half of the presidential campaign, 527 groups supporting Republicans outspent those backing Democrats 3-to
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) spent the first 20 months of the 2005-06 election cycle, through August, amassing a significant financial advantage over its partisan counterpart, the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is trying to fend off the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ determined campaign to score a net gain of at least 15 House seats in the Nov. 7 elections Ã¢ÂÂ which they need to take control of the House. And Republican leaders have been pressing their politically Ã¢ÂÂsafeÃ¢ÂÂ members who have surplus campaign funds to ante up ever more money for the GOPÃ¢ÂÂs effort to extinguish the Democratic threat.
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Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani beat rivals by raising more than $17 million in the second quarter for his campaign, outpacing his take in the first three months.