Last year the party raised $325,000, which was 35 to 40 percent of the service's operating budget.

And national parties may raise money in such places for export to other states.

At one March dinner, for example, the party raised more than $9 million.

The 2010 party raised over $8 million or £4 million.

In today's political system, can either party ever raise taxes on anybody?

At last count the party had raised $20,000 for him, with sales continuing.

That year, the two parties raised $45 million in soft money.

In total, the two candidates and their parties have raised about $874 million.

The parties raised $45 million in soft money that year.

By the last presidential election, the parties had raised nearly $500 million in soft money, a record.