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• Source: Chicago Tribune
• Date: September 02, 2007
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• Bylines: Susan Chandler
• Topics: Campaign Finance
• Data Types: Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: Hundreds of Chicago executives, lawyers and investment bankers have written checks to Obama, according to a Tribune analysis of campaign contributions during the first six months of this year. Most aren't hedging their political bets by giving money to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic Party's front-runner in national polls -- so far anyway. The Tribune analysis found that among CEOs of the Chicago area's 50 largest publicly traded companies, 10 made personal contributions directly to Obama totaling a little more than $29,000. Clinton's tally: zero.