North Carolinians voted with their wallets last month, giving Sen. Barack Obama nearly three times as much money as they gave his rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

An analysis by the Charlotte Observer found that Obama raised more than $600,000 from North Carolinians in March, compared to just over $200,000 for Clinton.

Obama got a big boost from the Triangle, particularly donors in Durham and Chapel Hill.

He also tapped supporters of former N.C. Sen. John Edwards, who dropped his own presidential campaign in January.

Now they like Barack

Those former Edwards supporters came out for Obama on Wednesday. The Illinois senator's campaign released a list of 50 of Edward's former supporters in North Carolina who are backing Obama in the May 6 primary.

Included on the list are: former state House Majority leader Phil Baddour of Goldsboro, former state Democratic party chairs Libba Evans and Wade Smith, former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt, and former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Henry Frye.

"We are going to be in the trenches helping him to do well," said Ed Turlington, a Raleigh attorney who was general chairman of Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign.

Clinton crosses state

Clinton is making three campaign stops in the state today and Friday. She'll be joined by retired Gen. Hugh Shelton, a Fayetteville native and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, both days.

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* Riddle Center at Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St., Fayetteville. Doors open at 2:15 p.m.; event begins at 4:15 p.m.

* Asheville Civic Center, 87 Haywood St., Asheville. Doors open at 6 p.m.; event begins at 8 p.m.

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* Jacksonville Fire Department Station 4, 100 Firehouse Lane, Jacksonville. Doors open at 7 a.m.; event begins at 8:30 a.m.

All events are open to the public; no tickets required.