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Fri Sep 21, 2018, 07:31 AM Sep 2018

George Soros, Tom Steyer enter Colorado governor's race to help Democrat Jared Polis

Democrat Jared Polis put another $200,000 into his campaign in the past two weeks, a relatively low sum for the self-funded gubernatorial candidate and multimillionaire. But his campaign is getting a boost from liberal mega-donors George Soros and Tom Steyer.

Polis is still setting records with nearly $19 million raised for his gubernatorial contest versus Republican Walker Stapleton, the state treasurer. Of that, about $18.7 million came from Polis’ deep pockets.

Other Democratic candidates in statewide races and four key Senate seats also are outraising their Republican opponents, based on reports filed Monday covering Aug. 30 through Sept. 12.

In fact, Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser outraised Stapleton for the third straight reporting period.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2018/09/18/george-soros-tom-steyer-governor-race-jared-polis/

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