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Clinton Uses State Links to Raise $27 Million
Fundraising alliances with 33 states netted the candidate $26.9 million before the first vote was even cast.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton looks on during a campaign event on Feb. 2, 2016, in Hampton, New Hampshire.
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The primary season may be just under way, but Hillary Clinton has already been raising money for months like she's the nominee.
Clinton's move last year to lock in fundraising alliances with 33 state Democratic parties has already added $26.9 million to the mountain of hard money she has raised so far, a Bloomberg analysis of Federal Election Commission filings shows. Bernie Sanders, her competitor for the nomination, has inked one such deal, netting a total of $1,000.