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		<title>MD 1st: Spending in Kratovil-Harris Race Tops $7.5 million</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lou Peck Contributing Editor, Cecil Times/CongressDaily As the hotly contested rematch between Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil and Republican challenger Andy Harris enters the homestretch, total spending by candidates and outside groups has passed the $7.5 million mark and is still climbing– guaranteeing it will be among the most expensive congressional contests in Maryland history. Through the middle of October – with nearly three weeks to go until Election Day &#8212; the Kratovil campaign had spent just over $2.2 million in operating expenses, according to new reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. The Harris campaign expenses came to about $1.8 million, for a total of $4 million spent so far by the two campaign committees. But direct spending by the Kratovil and Harris committees tells just part of the story. As of this weekend, with Nov. 2 still 10 days away, so-called independent expenditures by outside groups had hit $3.3 million in Maryland’s 1st District, according to the non-partisan Sunlight Foundation. A substantial amount of this money has gone for “attack ads” being aired constantly on Baltimore TV stations. The Sunlight Foundation compilation does not include spending by a group called the Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity – [&#8230;]]]></description>
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