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2nd District news and notes |
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| 📷 U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's 2nd District speaks to a reporter at his Lewiston home on Sept. 1, 2022. (AP photo by Robert F. Bukaty) |
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💵 Golden doubled up Poliquin in a crucial fundraising period.
◉ The Democrat raised $1.4 million in the third quarter of 2022 to $664,000 for Poliquin, although the challenger had $1.5 million on hand for the final stretch to Golden's $1.3 million. Filings were due on Saturday to federal regulators.
◉ Outside spending continues to be the most significant factor late in the race. Already, $9.2 million has been dropped into the race by those groups, according to campaign finance watcher Rob Pyers. Poliquin is set to be the beneficiary of most of the spending from now on.
❓A prominent conservative donor funds a pro-Golden effort.
◉ Also spotted by Pyers was $180,000 in curious pro-Golden spending from a group called The Moderate PAC, Inc. It is almost solely funded by Jeff Yass, a billionaire options trader who has given millions to the conservative Club for Growth and sits on the executive council of the libertarian Cato Institute.
◉ Yass has devised a trading strategy that allowed him to avoid $1 billion in taxes over six years in ways that push legal boundaries, according to a June story in ProPublica. He has been a major political giver to the tune of $100 million in recent years, including to Republicans who have falsely said the 2020 election was stolen.
🍺 Want to see a congressman shotgun a beer?
◉ Golden was shown shotgunning a Bud Light outside the University of Maine's homecoming football game on Saturday. Poliquin had a good time at Hero's Sports Grill in Bangor recently. |
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