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Michigan: Stabenow Raises $1.5M for ‘Best Quarter Ever’

(Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
(Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Sen. Debbie Stabenow raised $1.5 million in the first quarter of this year — a sum her campaign called her “best fundraising quarter ever.”

The Michigan Democrat banked about $7 million by the end of March for her race against the likely GOP nominee, former Rep. Pete Hoekstra.

Stabenow faced the first tough re-election challenge of her career at the start of the 2012 cycle. But Hoekstra stumbled earlier this year when his campaign released a controversial Super Bowl spot that even Republicans criticized for its racial overtones.

Stabenow spokesman Nate Byer hinted the spot helped drive the influx of cash.

“When Hoekstra and out-of-state interest groups launched ridiculous negative attacks, people in Michigan responded forcefully with an outpouring of support that gave Debbie her best fundraising quarter ever,” Byer said in a statement.

A representative from the Hoekstra campaign said its fundraising totals were not ready yet.

Roll Call rates the Michigan Senate race as Likely Democratic.

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