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...Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Brighton) and U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass), the jackpot seems to lie in Las Vegas and Puerto Rico, where cocktail parties and hotel-hopping this year have helped to fatten their campaign piggy-banks...
While Sen. Kennedy targeted donors in the gambling capital of the U.S. to raise four percent of his $939,070 in earnings for this year's first quarter, Rep. Kennedy hit the Puerto Rico coast, collecting more than 28 percent of his cumulative $115,230 in the same period, according to campaign finance reports released by the Federal Election Commission...
...strikingly similar event--also with local physicians and other professionals--at the Hyatt Regency Cerromar in Puerto Rico, Rep. Kennedy, who is seeking his fifth term, was dealt more than $32,400 in contributions...
More than 3,000 miles away, in Cerromar, Puerto Rico, Sen. Kennedy's nephew, U.S. Rep. Kennedy also visited a similar curious crowd of physicians, lawyers and other professionals...
Especially in Puerto Rico, Machado says, the lore of the Kennedy name was an important factor to the success of the fundraiser...