OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who directed the Salt Lake City Olympic Games, is top White House fundraiser in Washington state, with gifts topping $273,000 so far.

But the Democratic field is outpacing the GOP candidates, as they are nationally, and the bigger story may be how little state donors are giving to candidates so far. Without an early primary, candidates haven't spent much time in Washington, and the state's $1 million total accounts for less than 1 percent of the total giving, according to records from the Federal Elections Commission.

Romney's Washington state contributions were a fairly small share of his $20.7 million. Fellow Republicans John McCain and Rudy Giuliani trailed with $72,266 and $30,000, respectively. McCain, the Arizona senator who ran well here in the 2000 primary, has collected $13 million nationally and Giuliani, the former New York mayor, has $14.7 million nationally.

"Voters in Washington agree we need to bring real change to our nation's capital. ... These supporters will be vital to our success on the way to winning the nomination," said Romney spokeswoman Sarah Pompei.

Collectively, the Democrats have picked up about 60 percent of the early contributions from the Democratic-leaning state that hasn't given its electoral votes to the Republicans since 1984.

Close behind Romney in Washington contributions were two Democrats, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina with $250,175 and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois with $223,544.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democrat from New York, trailed with $91,255.

Contributions came from technology companies, at least $65,000, and area law firms, about $135,000. About $75,000 of Edwards' money came from law firms here.

Obama, meanwhile, drew half the contributions made by tech workers, including donations from RealNetworks Inc. CEO Rob Glaser and Zillow.com President Lloyd Frink.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen contributed $4,600 to Clinton.

Ken Alhadeff, a major Democratic donor, said he hasn't made up his mind whom he will support.

Likewise, Patricia Herbold, U.S. ambassador to Singapore and the former chairwoman of the King County Republican Party, and her husband, Bob Herbold, Microsoft Corp.'s former chief operating officer, have not contributed to a GOP candidate yet.

Each person can give up to $2,300 to a candidate's bid for the nomination and another $2,300 that could be used if the candidate wins the nomination.