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WASHINGTON --The insurance industry's largest political contributions to the presidential race are going to Democratic candidates, with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton the biggest recipient.

According to the Web site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a bipartisan watchdog group, through January Sen. Clinton raised $781,361 in insurance industry contributions. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., who has won more delegates for the Democratic National Convention, received $594,760 through January.

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