Bill Clinton Raising Money in Ohio

INDIAN HILL - Former President Bill Clinton made Cincinnati one of the first campaign stops Wednesday in his bid to help his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, follow him into the White House.

The former president mingled for well over two hours Wednesday evening at a $2,300-per-ticket party at the home of an old friend - class action lawyer Stan Chesley, who, in the 1990s, raised millions for Clinton and the Democratic Party.

The event raised about $400,000 for Sen. Clinton's campaign to win the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

"It was a fantastic event; and he stayed a lot longer than anybody expected," Chesley said afterwards.

Chesley said he will follow up later this year with a fundraising event featuring Sen. Clinton.

After mingling with the guests and posing for many photographs, the former president spoke for more than half an hour to the nearly 100 guests who had crowded into the "hearth room" of Chesley's Indian Hill home.

While President Clinton was a frequent guest at Chesley's former home in Amberley Village, this was the first time he had visited since Chesley and his wife, U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott, moved to Indian Hill. Clinton noted the change of address.

"Stan, this is the first time I've been in your new house; and I've got to tell you, your house makes the White House look like public housing," Clinton told Chesley.

Dlott could not stay in the house while the fundraiser was going on because federal judges are barred from participating in partisan political events.

The crowd was a mix of Chesley's fellow trial lawyers and a grab-bag of local Democratic politicians. One prominent Republican was in attendance - former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, who recently joined Chesley's law firm.

After a 4:30 p.m. arrival at Lunken Airport, the former president spoke privately in the airport's administration building with Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, who said he discussed with Clinton the challenges facing the city.

Mallory said he talked to Clinton about efforts to improve race relations, youth violence, economic opportunity - "all issues that the president has had a lot of experience in dealing with." Mallory made it clear he is not ready to endorse any candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

Bill Clinton Raising Money in Alabama

March 22, 2007

Clinton to raise funds for state Democrats The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM -- President Clinton will speak in Birmingham on April 20 at a state Democratic Party fundraiser that party officials hope will generate $250,000.

The two-term president will appear at a private reception at 5:30 p.m. for donors pledging $1,000 annually to the party and then speak to the party's $150-per-person Jefferson-Jackson dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center.

Party spokesman Zac McCrary said Wednesday the event should generate about $250,000 based on a rush of calls for tickets.

Among political speakers, Clinton "is the gold standard," McCrary said.

Clinton spoke at the same fundraising dinner in 1990, when he was governor of Arkansas and was gearing up for a presidential race two years later.

"The Alabama Democratic Party is deeply honored and appreciative to President Clinton for giving us this opportunity to celebrate together, raise funds and build our party infrastructure in order to help build a better Alabama," party Chairman Joe Turnham said in a statement.

Clinton was last in Alabama on March 4 to be inducted into the National Voting Rights Hall of Fame in Selma and to join his wife, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, a Democratic presidential candidate, at events commemorating the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march of 1965.

He also visited Bayou La Batre as part of his Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

Kentucky State Chair Raising Money for Hillary

Kentucky State Chair Hosting Fundraiser for Hillary Clinton


Newsday/AP

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Lundergan said Wednesday he will host a fundraiser next week for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton at his Lexington home.

Clinton, a New York senator and early front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, will not attend the luncheon event next Wednesday, but her husband _ former President Bill Clinton _ will be there, Lundergan said. The fundraiser will be private and is not an official party event, he said.

Lundergan said he appreciated the Clintons' appearances at state party fundraisers in the past.

The former president was the keynote speaker at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Louisville last October. Mrs. Clinton was the main attraction at a party fundraiser in December 2005 in Louisville that drew more than 2,000 people and took in $600,000.

"I want to do something in return for them," Lundergan said in a telephone interview.

The Clinton fundraiser comes a few weeks after one of her main rivals, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, spoke to at least 3,000 supporters at an event in Louisville.

Hillary Sells out New Hampshire Fundraiser

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

A thousand tickets sell out Hillary event in N.H. on Saturday

A big fund-raising dinner for the New Hampshire Democratic Party in Nashua this Saturday featuring New York Senator Hillary Clinton has been sold out, the party said today.

More than 1,000 tickets were sold to the 100 Club event, one of two major fund-raisers the party has annually. That number is considerably more than the amount of tickets sold for last fall's Jefferson-Jackson dinner featuring Massachusetts Senator John Kerry.