| Party: Republican |
| State and District: New York, 29 |
| Born: Nov. 18, 1971 Joliet, Ill. |
| Campaign cash raised: $2,609,380 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $694,905 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $94,250 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $807,888 / $171,975 |
| At-risk in November? No |
| Outside group spending: None reported |
| Net worth in 2010: $784,011 to $1,810,999 |
| Net worth in 2011: $19,009 to $859,997 |
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Continue readingProfile: Tim Scott
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: South Carolina, 1 |
| Born: Sept. 19, 1965 Charleston, S.C. |
| Campaign cash raised: $2,545,657 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $688,625 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $75,000 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $938,175 / $354,102 |
| At-risk in November? No |
| Outside group spending: None reported |
| Net worth in 2010: $915,004 to $5,949,997 |
| Net worth in 2011: $450,004 to $950,000 |
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Continue readingProfile: Diane Lynn Black
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: Tennessee, 6 |
| Born: Jan. 16, 1951 Baltimore, Md. |
| Campaign cash raised: $5,039,692 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $817,042 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $97,400 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $2,041,813 / $109,450 |
| At-risk in November? No |
| Outside group spending: $69,590.78 in support, $232,789 in opposition |
| Net worth in 2010: -$7,315,946 to $69,860,990 |
| Net worth in 2011: Not yet reported |
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Continue readingProfile: Tim Huelskamp
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: Kansas, 1 |
| Born: Nov. 11, 1968 Fowler, Kan. |
| Campaign cash raised: $1,873,301 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $348,455 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $48,000 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $707,689 / $211,275 |
| At-risk in November? No |
| Outside group spending: None reported |
| Net worth in 2010: $114,015 to $460,000 |
| Net worth in 2011: $123,010 to $420,000 |
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Continue readingProfile: Scott Rigell
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: Virginia, 2 |
| Born: May 28, 1960 Titusville, Fla. |
| Campaign cash raised: $6,466,058 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $390,699 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $143,500 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $4,407,915 / $330,355 |
| At-risk in November? No |
| Outside group spending: None reported |
| Net worth in 2010: $7,819,054 to $36,119,998 |
| Net worth in 2011: $5,745,074 to $51,592,996 |
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Rep. Paul Ryan, whom Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reportedly will name as his running mate Saturday, is a prolific fundraiser whose most ardent backers are a curious mix of the conservative elite and the blue collar plebian.
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Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Democratic outside groups, pouring in over $1 million during Missouri's Republican Senate primary, got the guy they wanted: Rep. Todd Akin, who Tuesday upset two other Republicans to take the GOP nomination.
Recent polls have shown McCaskill trailing all three Republicans in head-to-head matchups, but Akin has the smallest edge. She is betting voters will see the six-term congressman -- who gave "thanks to God our creator" in his victory speech and has been endorsed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian -- as too conservative.
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