Obama

WASHINGTON, (Reuters):

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama raised at least $25 million so far in 2007, his campaign said yesterday, just $1 million shy of the party's early front-runner, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Obama, who has served only two years in the U.S. Senate and eight years in the Illinois state Senate, overcame Clinton's tremendous fund-raising advantage built up over two Senate campaigns and her husband's eight years as president.

The wife of former President Bill Clinton shattered previous party fund-raising records, reporting $26 million in the first quarter on Sunday.