Campbell gets more from donors than Fiorina, but her war chest still beats his

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Donors have gone deeper into their pockets for candidate Tom Campbell than for his two competitors for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination lately, but Carly Fiorina's wealth has made her campaign war chest substantially larger less than two weeks before the June 8 primary election.

Campaign reports released Thursday also showed that spending continues to escalate in the record-shattering race for governor, with mega-rich GOP rivals Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner spending more than $100 million combined, mostly on TV ads, radio spots and mailers attacking one another.

The battle over ballot measures is also costing a bundle, with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. dumping $46 million into its campaign for an initiative it launched that could make it harder for local governments to compete with the power company.

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