Hillary's presidential bid raises record $26 million

New York Democratic Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has raised a record $26 million since announcing her presidential candidacy in what is shaping up as the most expensive race in history, her campaign said on Sunday as it sought to steal a jump on rivals.

Clinton, who entered the race in January, also transferred $10 million left over from her Senate re-election run. That made for a total $36 million in receipts for the three months to March 31, her staff said. That would be a record for the first-quarter of a non-election year.

The deadline to report quarterly campaign-finance figures to the Federal Election Commission is April 15, and candidates are jockeying to cast their fund-raising clout in the best light as an early test of their campaign's success.