FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 10, 2008

Contact:

Kate Bedingfield

603 647 2008/ 603 361 8036 (c)/ kbedingfield@jeanneshaheen.org

Caitlin Legacki

603 647 2008/ clegacki@jeanneshaheen.org

JEANNE SHAHEEN RAISES NEARLY $1.2 MILLION IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2008

Campaign brings in almost 4,000 first-time donors from January 1 to March 31

(Manchester, NH) – US Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen raised nearly $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2008 and brought in nearly 4,000 first-time donors to the campaign.

"I am humbled by the overwhelming amount of support that we've seen from people who are looking for real change in Washington," Shaheen said.  "The vast majority of donations to our campaign this quarter came from individuals giving small dollar amounts to show their desire to take our country in a new direction.  I am particularly proud that this quarter we were able to bring nearly 4,000 new people into our campaign for change."

In the first quarter of 2008, Jeanne Shaheen for Senate:

*raised nearly $1.2 million

*has a cash-on-hand total of nearly $2 million

*received donations from nearly 6,500 individual donors

*received 84% of donations from small-dollar donors who can continue to contribute to the campaign over the coming months.  The average individual contribution was $150.

To date, the campaign has raised nearly $2.6 million from almost 9,000 donors.

During the last week of the first quarter of 2008, the campaign challenged supporters to donate $45,000 from 4,500 donors in response to the $4,500 that John Sununu has received from ExxonMobil this year.  The campaign easily surpassed that goal, raising over $60,000 after the email went out, totaling nearly 6,500 donors for the quarter and demonstrating that the voices of people who want real change in Washington are louder than those of the wealthy special interests.