Election 101: Ten facts about Jon Huntsman and his presidential campaign

Jon Huntsman, President Obama's former China ambassador declared his candidacy for the presidency. Dubbed “the Republican Democrats fear most,” the handsome, cerebral former governor of Utah often draws comparisons to Mr. Obama. Will that be an asset or a handicap?

7. How are his finances?

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Then-Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman arrived with wife, Mary Kaye Huntsman, for the Jan. 19 state dinner in honor of President Hu Jintao of China, at the White House.

With his Horizon PAC only recently formed and filed, Huntsman’s war chest is an unknown.

Nonetheless, his personal wealth is estimated at between $15 million and $90 million (to say nothing of his father’s multibillion-dollar fortune), a healthy sum to supplement his campaign.

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