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Wall street donors love Romney

By Mark Tapscott

Published October 17, 2011 4:00am ET

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Wall street donors love Romney — Donors from the finance, insurance and real estate (FIRE) industries have given former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney more than $7.5 million, making them his top campaign funding group, according to a new analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP). The $7.5 million in FIRE money makes up 23.4 percent of Romney’s total donations of […]

Donors from the finance, insurance and real estate (FIRE) industries have given former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney more than $7.5 million, making them his top campaign funding group, according to a new analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP).

The $7.5 million in FIRE money makes up 23.4 percent of Romney’s total donations of $32.2 million to date in his second quest for the White House.

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