Beginning in 1996, U.S. mainland candidates and political parties stepped up 
fund-raising in Puerto Rico. The top 10 recipients for the 1999-2000 election 
cycle:

GEORGE W. BUSH                                $345,150

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL                       229,450

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AL GORE                     222,750

BILL BRADLEY                                   200,500

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE                  131,200

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE                  127,169

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE     78,449

REP. PATRICK J. KENNEDY (D-R.I.)                51,000

SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY (D-MASS.)             48,500

SENATOR CHARLES E. SCHUMER (D-N.Y.)             41,000


Figures as of Nov. 1. They do not include money raised for candidates for 
Puerto Rico's nonvoting congressional delegate

DATA: FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS