It was a $100 million January for presidential contenders, according to the Center For Responsive Politics. That’s the latest information, fresh off the press, from campaign reports filed last night.

In case you wanted to read a bit more about local fund-raising, find it here:

Fund-raising Suggests Tight Race in Ohio,

Slight Edge For Clinton In Texas
Following the money, you could have predicted how Tuesday’s Democratic
primaries in Wisconsin and Hawaii were going to turn out — Barack
Obama had a commanding fundraising lead over Hillary Clinton in both
states. As for the Republican primary in Wisconsin (the GOP in Hawaii will
assign delegates at a convention in May), the top Republican fundraiser
last year was Tommy Thompson, the state’s former governor, who ended his
presidential campaign way back in August. John McCain was the top
fundraiser among the remaining Republican candidates. Looking ahead to the
next big contests, the fundraising in Ohio suggests a tight race
between Clinton and Obama. And McCain was far outraised in the Buckeye State
by dropouts Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. In Texas, Clinton has a wide
lead over Obama among larger donors. Both Democrats have raised more
in Texas than McCain has.

*Fundraising in Ohio:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/presstatetots.asp?State=OH

*Fundraising in Texas:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/presstatetots.asp?State=TX

*Presidential primary calendar:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/calendar.asp?cycle=2008