Who Is Giving to the Candidates

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Many of the leading presidential candidates are attracting fundraising cash from donors working in some of the wealthiest and most lucrative industries in the United States.

Candidates are raking in cash from lawyers, lobbyists, Wall Street bankers, investment gurus, entertainers, and casino and gambling moguls, among others, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission campaign reports by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
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Lawyers and law firms are giving more money to former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards' campaign than any other candidate -- Democrat or Republican. Edwards, a former trial lawyer, took in over $6.5 million from legal eagles between January through June 2007.

People who work for commercial banks are banking their money on Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. He took in over $600,000 from the industry -- more than any other candidate.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3390518&page=1