The 2008 Money Race: Hillary Clinton

The former first lady and New York senator has attracted more than $240,000 from West Virginians, collecting $201,000 of that during the last three months, The Associated Press reports.

All candidates have until Oct. 15 to file their quarterly finance reports with the Federal Election Commission, so it's too soon to tell whether Clinton leads the Democratic field in Mountain State fundraising. John Edwards was ahead after the previous quarter -- but that's when all of the candidates from both parties had received a collective $243,000 from West Virginia donors.

Clinton's latest contributors include state party stalwarts, current and former legislators and lawyers. The latter category includes several of the leading plaintiff lawyers in the state. Clinton also benefited from a Charleston fundraiser in July.