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Political Wire has a rundown of the 3rd quarter fundraising numbers that have been reported so far.

• Sen. Barack Obama reports $19 million raised from 93,000 donors, according to The Politico.
• John Edwards raised $7 million and has $12 million in the bank, according to Marc Ambinder.
• Sen. John McCain reports $5 million raised — beating expectations — but the campaign is still more than $2 milliion in debt, according to The Politico.
• Gov. Bill Richardson reports $5.2 million, keeping him in the second tier of Democratic candidates, as noted earlier on Political Wire.
• Craig Crawford on Fred Thompson: “It looks like Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson could flub yet another campaign test this week — at least in the eyes of the national media and other Beltway junkies. Word is that the former Tennessee senator, who is getting tepid reviews for his stump performances, will post unimpressive results for his first official fundraising quarter, just ended.”

MyDD reports some numbers from the top Republicans…

Fred Thompson will raise at least $8 million.

Mitt Romney is expected to raise about $15 million.

Rudy Giuliani’s take was expected to run about $10 million.

Daily Kos wrote that Romney again loaned himself $5 million from his personal fortune.

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