Duckworth reports $4.1 million raised in key battle for U.S. Senate
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President Barack Obama, left, kisses Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., right, before he speaks at the Stony Island Arts Bank during a fundraiser for Duckworth’s Senate campaign in Chicago on Oct. 9.
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President Barack Obama, left, kisses Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., right, before he speaks at the Stony Island Arts Bank during a fundraiser for Duckworth’s Senate campaign in Chicago on Oct. 9.
CHICAGO >> Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk has lagged far behind Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth in raising money for the final weeks of his re-election bid.
Documents filed with federal election authorities this month show Kirk raised almost $1.2 million between July 1 and September 30.
Duckworth, who attended the University of Hawaii and graduated from McKinley High School in Honolulu, raised more than three times that amount, bringing in $4.1 million during the same period. The total doesn’t include an Oct. 9 fundraiser for Duckworth with President Barrack Obama, who also grew up in Hawaii.
It was Duckworth’s strongest fundraising quarter yet, leaving Duckworth with $4.3 million cash on hand. Kirk’s campaign fund had a balance of about $1.4 million.
Democrats are counting on a Duckworth victory as the party looks to retake control of the Senate.
Kirk, who’s seeking his second term, said this week that he’s always exceeded expectations as a Republican running in a left-leaning state.
Kirk says he’s “always closed strongly.”
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Tammy we are praying for your Victory!!! You would make Hawaii proud too!