Measuring Wealth of the '08 Candidates

Net worth: More than $12.8 million to $60 million.

Details: Edwards had a long career as a successful trial lawyer before running for office. He recently sold his Georgetown home for $5.2 million and is building a 100 acre-plus estate near Chapel Hill worth at least $6 million. After leaving office, he led a poverty center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He also was a senior adviser to Fortress Investment Group, a large New York hedge fund that recently had a successful initial public offering. Compensation experts said he would have likely received $500,000-$1 million for a year of service and free access to the fund. Edwards has said he does not think he would make money off the IPO.

Sen.Sam Brownback(R-Kans.)

Net worth: $2.5-$10 million

Details: Brownback owns a range of mutual funds, most valued between $1,000 and $50,000, but does not appear to have any signifiant business affiliations.

Sen.Chris Dodd(D-Conn.)

Net worth: $260,000-$682,000

Details: Dodd has a cottage in Ireland worth between $100,000 and $250,000, but has spent most of his life in public service and owns an array of mutual funds.

Sen.Joe Biden(D-Del.)

Net worth: $100,000-$150,000

Details: Biden has spent virtually his whole life in public service and does not have much else aside from investments in a small array of mutual funds and cash accounts. He received a $112,000 advance from Random House for a book in 2005.

New Mexico Gov.Bill Richardson(D)

Net worth: not available

Details: Richardson has spent most of his life in public office. Before becoming New Mexico's governor, he worked for a year for the international consulting firm Kissinger McLarty Associates and spent time at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He has two homes in Sante Fe, but does not have any significant business relationships.

Former Arkansas governorMike Huckabee(R)

Net worth: not available

Details: Huckabee served as governor of Arkansas for 10 years and before that was a lietunant governor and pastor. He has written a popular book, "From Hope to Higher Ground, 12 Stops to Restoring America's Greatness." He has money invested in The Gillette Company and in the Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He has also received dividends form Little Rock's Troufion Radio Network.