Good morning from Augusta. Maine’s congressional candidates gave the public one of the final looks at their fundraising books on Monday, with the Democratic challenger in Maine’s 2nd District riding a wave of individual donations to his first money lead of the race so far.
Things are tightening in that race between U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden, while little changed in the state’s other congressional races, where independent Sen. Angus Kingand Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree are favored to win.
More than 88 percent of Golden’s money came from individuals, while Poliquin has gotten more than half of his money from political committees. Golden, a Democrat from Lewiston, accrued more than $3.9 million during his campaign, raising $2.7 million of that alone between July and September’s end as his challenge against Poliquin, a two-term Republican, has gained in national prominence.
To read the rest of “Tracking the cash flow in Maine’s expensive 2nd District race,” an article by contributing Bangor Daily News staff writersAlex Acquisto and Michael Shepherd, please follow this link to the BDN online.
