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This week marked the first deadline for 2016 presidential candidates and their affiliated political action committees to submit their campaign finance records to the Federal Election Commission.

Campaigns shatter spending records

The crowded field of 2016 presidential candidates spent $48 million through the first half of the year — nearly twice as much as their counterparts had at this point in the 2012 cycle — reflecting the new realities of fast, expensive campaign launches.

Jeb v. Marco: Round 1 goes to Jeb

In the first pitched battle of Florida’s Republican presidential donnybrook, Jeb Bush’s campaign beat Marco Rubio’s in fundraising by pulling in about $680,000 more contributions from Sunshine State donors.

Campaign Finance Reports Offer Clues to Campaign

Wednesday was the filing deadline for the 2016 presidential candidates to reveal their fundraising and spending details, and while the overall numbers are fairly easy to digest and understand (Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lead their respective parties’ contenders in money raised, for example), there are lots of details buried in each report that will take a few days for the media to find and report on their likely meaning for the campaign.

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Republican field walloping Hillary Clinton in money race

Hillary Clinton, the dominant front-runner in the Democratic field, is facing a massive pile of money on the Republican side, with early numbers showing that the GOP-ers have outraised Clinton roughly four times over.

Donald Trump leads the Republican field in a USA Today/Suffolk University nationwide poll released Tuesday.

Who’s in and who’s out in the first Republican debate

With new polls out Tuesday from CNN and the good people at the Washington Post (in partnership with ABC News), we’ve updated our widget to reflect what the stage would look like if the first debate were held today.