Obama campaign releases list of top fundraisers

8:50 PM, Mar 2, 2013   |    comments
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: U.S. President Barack Obama walks into the briefing room to speak to the media after meeting with Congressional leaders at the White House, March 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Obama said that no agreement was reached with Republicans to avoid the sequester that will trigger automatic domestic and defense cuts. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's top fundraisers brought in at least $186 million for the president's re-election campaign.

Obama's campaign released a list of 770 top donors on Saturday who brought in between $186.6 million and $268 million. The president's re-election campaign raised nearly $1 billion to defeat Republican Mitt Romney.

Nearly 250 campaign bundlers each raised at least $500,000 for the president. Those donors included actors Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Eva Longoria, Wendell Pierce and film producer Harvey Weinstein.

Other top donors included musician Gwen Stefani, fashion editor Anna Wintour, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.

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