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Political NASCAR[/a]
Sponsor a Senatorwords by Morgan Clendaniel
illustration by Serifcan Özcan
In the 2006 midterms, Senators
Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and
Rick [a href="vny!://www.spreadingsantorum.com/"]Santorum[/a][a href="vny!://www.spreadingsantorum.com/"] [/a](R-PA), both running for re-election, have raised the most money of any candidate in their respective parties. Here are the NASCAR-style uniforms they would wear if companies were proud of their political donations, and if running for senate required a flame-retardant suit.
HILLARY CLINTONHillary Clinton's top contributions by sectorFinance, Insurance, Real Estate $4,650,601
Lawyers & Lobbyists $3,533,740
Other $3,258,584
Miscellaneous Business $2,332,809
Communications/Electronics $1,808,119
Health $1,122,341
Construction $521,796
Ideology/Single-Issue $432,270
Labor $340,545
Agribusiness $211,565
Energy/Natural Resource $206,462
Transportation $118,210
Defense $86,050
TOTAL (as of June 30th): $
33,180,949 RICK SANTORUMRick Santorum's top contributors by sectorFinance, Insurance, Real Estate $2,812,841
Miscellaneous Business $1,373,537
Lawyers & Lobbyists $1,357,125
Health $1,258,021
Other $1,243,951
Construction $666,015
Energy/Natural Resource $651,541
Ideology/Single-Issue $563,073
Communications/Electronics $474,990
Agribusiness $399,237
Transportation $299,574
Defense $76,000
Labor $56,706
TOTAL (as of June 30th): $
17,252,473
