Clinton doubles Obama sum in Hollywood fund-raiser
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Demonstrating her top billing on Hollywood's political money trail, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton collected a whopping $2.6 million at a weekend fund-raiser for her 2008 White House bid, organizers said on Monday.
The tally from Saturday's star-studded affair doubled the amount brought in by rival Democratic Sen. Barack Obama at a similar event last month and organizers said they believe it to be the single-biggest Hollywood fund-raiser for a presidential candidate. Their claim of a record could not be immediately verified.
About 700 invitees paid $2,300 each to dine with Clinton at the Beverly Hills estate of supermarket magnate Ron Burkle, a longtime supporter of the New York senator and her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, according to political consultant Noah Mamet, who co-chaired the event.
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