Clinton leads money hunt in presidential campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is dominating the money hunt in the 2016 campaign, collecting more big-dollar contributions than any other candidate in 26 states.

In nine states, including Illinois and Colorado, Clinton is pulling in more money than all the Republicans combined, according to an Associated Press analysis of individual donors who gave at least $200 this election cycle.

Even Carson's campaign was baffled by its fundraising lead in some states, spokesman Doug Watts said, noting that it doesn't hold to the tradition of relying upon state finance chairs to shake out donations.

The real estate mogul who has sat atop many GOP preference polls in recent months defies the usual political conventions — including ones concerning fundraising.

Texas usually provides more money to Republican presidential candidates than any other state, fundraising records show.

Bush does hold command of fundraising in his home state of Florida, raising at least $2 million more in donations of at least $200 than rival Marco Rubio, one of the state's U.S. senators and former speaker of the Florida House.

Rubio, who has collected about $15.5 million for his presidential run since the start of the year, did not win the fundraising race in any single state; in fact, he was never better than third place in the money race, the data show.