Hillary Clinton raises record-breaking $45 million in her first quarter

Hilary Clinton
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Hillary Clinton is on track to raise $45 million in the first quarter of her campaign, topping Obama's previous record of $41.9 million in his re-election campaign as the most money raised in a candidate's first three months.

On average, Clinton has raised $555,000 every day since she officially announced her run for the Democratic nomination for president in April. That's nearly $386 per minute. At this point in the 2008 presidential race, Clinton had only raised $36 million.

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