Congressmen forking over money for 2nd Congressional District race
Source: Sun Journal
It helps to have friends in high places.
At least 75 members of the U.S. Congress have dipped into their own campaign funds to donate to their party’s candidate in Maine’s hard-fought 2nd Congressional District.
Republican and Democratic incumbents, most of them in safe districts with no serious challenger, collectively tossed $114,000 into the coffers of U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Republican freshman, and the woman who aims to unseat him Tuesday, Democrat Emily Cain.
It’s not a lot compared to the $6.5 million the two candidates have raised, let alone the more than $8 million also dumped into the race by party-affiliated organizations and outside political action committees.
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