THE COASTAL PACKET: Cote and Sweet biggest Democratic gubentorial candidates

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Cote and Sweet biggest Democratic gubentorial candidates

Adam Cote is leading Betsy Sweet and Janet Mills in the campaign fundraising race among Democrats running for governor in the June primary election, according to reports filed Tuesday with the state.

Meanwhile, Shawn Moody and Maine Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason, a clean election candidate, appear to be the top fundraisers among the Republican running for governor. Adam Cote Adam Cote Related Headlines

Democrat Adam Cote leads Blaine House candidates in campaign fundraising

Candidates for governor had until midnight Tuesday to file their campaign fundraising reports with the Maine Ethics Commission.

The finance reports can be telling in terms of which candidate is getting the most financial support before the June 12 primary.

There are 16 candidates running for governor including seven Democrats, four Republicans and five independents. The independents won’t be on the ballot for the June 12 primaries.

Cote, of Springvale, raised more than $278,000 between Jan. 1 and April 24 – the most recent campaign finance reporting period – giving him a total of more than $804,000 for his June primary campaign.

Sweet, a Democrat and clean election candidate, has now raised more than $647,000 according to the Ethics Commission website. That figure includes $150,000 that was approved Tuesday by the Ethics Commission. Sweet’s campaign collected over 4,000 contributions of $5 from Maine voters.

“Betsy Sweet is the only Democratic candidate for governor who is running a Clean Elections campaign and is not accepting corporate and lobbyist money,” Stephanie Clifford, her campaign manager, said in a statement.

Mills, Maine’s attorney general, raised more than $221,000 during the recent reporting period, bringing her total raised for the primary election to more than $571,000.

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