Dean Raises Nearly $1 Million for Wisconsin Battle

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MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democratic White House hopeful Howard Dean (news - web sites) scrambled on Friday to avoid a knockout punch in the Feb. 17 Wisconsin primary as his campaign reported raising nearly $1 million to finance what could be his final stand.


The money, far more than what Dean had sought in an e-mail plea the day before, will pay for campaign advertisements in Wisconsin where state Democrats are set to have their say on who challenges Republican President Bush (news - web sites).


"We see this as a show of strength from our supporters who clearly want the campaign to go on," said Dean spokeswoman Tricia Enright.


Late on Friday, the campaign said it had taken in $986,232 from 14,519 contributors since Dean's appeal, making it one of the best two-day periods ever for the former Vermont governor's fund-raising operation.

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1. Dean may spend more time on the floor but he's late to the dance

Prime time television ads are running for Kerry, Edwards, and Clark in the Milwaukee area. Clark has been running ads for over a month.

Dean supporters were promised at Wednesday meet-ups that he would start advertising this coming Monday.

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2. It's over a million, now

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3. Good.

Lets see if money really wins elections. It should be interesting as I am sure he will raise more.