Republican Otten leads in governor race funding

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AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican Les Otten was leading the money chase as candidates for Maine governor who are raising private campaign dollars faced a deadline Tuesday to file finance reports for the June 8 primary.

Otten, one of seven Republicans in the primary race, reported Tuesday that he has raised $106,000 in contributions while lending his campaign another $1.2 million.

Otten said he was pleased with his fundraising efforts and “proud that I am able to use my own hard-earned dollars versus the hard-earned dollars of the taxpayers to fund my candidacy.”

Republican Bruce Poliquin reported that he has collected more than $600,000. With in-kind contributions, he says he has raised more than $860,000.

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