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San Francisco Business TimesThursday, June 24, 2008 - 4:21 PM PDT
In June 2008, Democrat Barack Obama raised more money than Republican John McCain in McCain's home state of Arizona.
Obama raised $432,000 compared to McCain's take of $313,000, reports the Arizona Republic.
According to a Zogby poll on July 23, 2008, Obama led McCain in Arizona 42 percent to 39 percent. Zogby said that Libertainrian candidate Bob Barr polled at seven percent, with five percent undecided.
The poll also said if the election was held now, Obama would take 273 electoral votes to McCain's 146. Up to 119 electoral votes were too close to call, the poll said. McCain's campaign designated Arizona, which has ten electoral votes, a swing state in campaign literature.
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