Big Early Money In the Colorado Governor’s Race

ACROSS COLORADO – By Corey Hutchins| Alex Burness for The Colorado Independent. The latest cash haul disclosures in Colorado’s closely watched governor’s race show more than $20 million flowing into the campaigns — but most of it is coming from the pockets of the Democratic candidate.

With about 60 days until the Nov. 6 election, the contest is likely to become the most expensive governor’s race in state history, if a lopsided spending affair. Democrat Jared Polis from Boulder, who is one of the wealthiest members of Congress, is self-funding his bid. The internet entrepreneur poured more than $12 million of his own cash into his successful primary campaign and this month he stuffed another $5.5 million into his run against Stapleton.

On the Republican side, Stapleton, a Bush-family relative and two-term state treasurer who always has been able to attract big money to his campaigns, has spent a fraction of his own money compared to Polis, but still anted up about $1 million. Within the past month or so he was able to raise a little more than $340,000 for his campaign, bringing his total haul so far to about $3 million. But he is also benefiting from a new fundraising style, too, setting up a joint fundraising committee that allows individual donors to write bigger checks.

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