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The rich got richer when it came to presidential fund-raising last quarter as the Democrats saw their big financial edge over the Republicans extend even to lesser-known candidates. And in both parties the financial gap between the leaders and the rest of the pack widened.

All told, the eight Democrats running for president raised more than $80 million from April 1 to June 30, while the 10 Republicans raised less than $50 million, according to the campaigns, which released details on Sunday night of their fund-raising and spending.

The Democrats were led during those months by Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, who raised $32.8 million, and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who raised $27 million. John Edwards raised $8.9 million; Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico raised $7 million, Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut raised $3.25 million; and Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware raised $2.3 million.

The top Republican candidates raised less than their Democratic counterparts — Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, took in $17.27 million, Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, took in $13.73 million and Senator John McCain of Arizona raised $11.2 million — but so did the other Republicans.

After them, the only other Republican who managed to raise more than $2 million in the quarter was Representative Ron Paul of Texas, whose antiwar candidacy and whose following on the Internet helped him take in $2.35 million. Nearly half of Mr. Paul’s money came in donations of less than $200.

Mr. Paul outraised several other well-known Republican candidates. Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas raised $1.4 million; Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, raised $763,000, and Tommy G. Thompson, the former Wisconsin governor and member of the Bush administration, raised $445,000.

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