Thompson Campaign Financial Records Released

Though Fred Thompson dropped out of the presidential race on January 22 after a disappointing third finish in South Carolina, his campaign reports, which were released last week, indicate that money was not an issue. Thompson raised a total of $23.6 million over the entire duration of his campaign and spend $21.9 million of it. The bigger surprise involved the last week of his campaign - during his frenzied bus tour before the South Carolina Primary, Thompson raised over $2 million. His campaign managed to spend around $300,000 in the final week on various advertisements, but when the campaign finally ended, Thompson had $1.7 million left and just under $400,000 in unpaid expenses. It's unclear what will happen with the $1.3 million that remain.