ME-SEN: Democrat Sara Gideon Raised Way More Money From Mainers Than Susan Collins Last Quarter
Democrat Sara Gideon, the establishment-backed challenger to Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins in 2020, reeled in significantly more from in-state donors in less than two weeks than Collins has since January.
Maine’s House speaker, who formally announced her bid to unseat Collins on June 24, raised nearly $1.1 million in the final 10 days of the second quarter (April through June), recently released Federal Election Commission filings show.
Of the total haul, 43% ― about $453,000 ― came from people who gave $200 or less. Campaigns are not required to disclose the identity of such donors to the FEC, so it’s nearly impossible to know for sure which of these contributions came from within Maine.
But Maine donors accounted for more than 44% of the remaining $605,000 ― roughly $267,000.
Collins, by comparison, raised $2 million during that same time period ― the most she’s ever raised in a quarter ― mostly through out-of-state donations.
Roughly $26,000, or a mere 1.3% of her total haul, came from people who gave $200 or less. A whopping 95% of Collins’ remaining contributions came from out-of-state donors, with only about $98,000 given from people in Maine.
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