PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has raked in more than $400,000 in campaign contributions since starting her second four-year term in January.
The state Board of Elections reports that the Democrat raised $411,000 in the first quarter of the 2019.
She finished the quarter with $639,198 in her campaign war chest, but that wasn’t the largest in the state.
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That honor goes to House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi, who finished the quarter with $906,000 in campaign contributions. The Warwick Democrat raised more than $180,000 last year, when he ran unopposed for re-election and took in almost $149,000 in the first quarter.
Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello raised $192,000 in the first quarter while Democratic Senate President Dominick Ruggerio raised $113,000.
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