Among Republicans, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson raised the most in North Carolina, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani outpaced the GOP field in South Carolina, according to new reports filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission.

The reports also showed that in South Carolina, site of the South's first primary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson raised more than any Democrat but Edwards.

And Ron Paul, a maverick Texas congressman, raised more than any other so-called "second-tier" Republican candidate in both states.

Nationally, Clinton has raised a total of $89 million, more than any candidate in either party. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was next with $79 million. Edwards raised just over $30 million.

The leading Republican is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who has raised nearly $62 million.

Over the last three months, Clinton raised nearly $288,000 from North Carolinians. Much of that came during a Charlotte fundraiser last month headlined by her husband, former President Bill Clinton. With almost $259,000, Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, was right behind Clinton in his home state.

His first-place showing among Democrats in South Carolina represented a rebound from the last report in July. It was also in contrast to polls that show him a distant third in the state to Clinton and Obama. By Jim Morrill