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By EditorFormer Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, citing poor fundraising, became the first of the 2008 presidential candidates to drop out of the race, raising speculation as the hunt for support and cash heats up who’ll be next.Campaign 2008Complete coverage of the 2008 presidential race, including news, features and data.Money Raised: How Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, Romney, McCain and others compare. Interactive graphic.Updated with second-quarter data.Candidate Scorecard: A week-by-week look at the campaignsCircling the Oval Office: Who’s in and who’s still considering a bid.The New York Money Race: Clinton vs. Giuliani on their home turf (1st quarter)Gilmore, saying Republicans needed a consistently conservative candidate in the mold of Ronald Reagan, entered the campaign in January, but barely registered in the polls amid a 10-member GOP field. As fundraising reports for the April-June quarter were due Sunday, he reported about $211,000 in new contributions and just $90,roger vivier shoes,000 cash on hand. That was better than he did in the January-March quarter, but still not nearly enough to continue in an increasingly front-loaded primary campaign. So Saturday he pulled the plug, leaving his options open for a possible Senate or governor’s race.“I’ve developed a national following,” Gilmore said,nike obuv d��mska, citing his stands on reducing illegal immigration and creating a new strategy in Iraq. “But that following really hasn’t included getting a fundraising group together.” For a politician not known for understatement, his assessment was right on. His campaign contributions trailed even other long-shot candidates. Republican Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, reported $1.3 million in second quarter contributions and $437,000 in cash. Democrat Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio congressman making his second bid for the Oval Office,nike slovensko, reported $657,000 in second quarter contributions and $213,000 in cash. By contrast, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani raised $15 million in the second quarter and reported $18.3 million on hand.