WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr raised close to $1.4 million in the first three months of the year for his 2016 re-election bid.
That’s the amount Burr’s campaign said this week he’ll report to federal elections officials. The new Senate intelligence committee chairman also had $2.4 million in his campaign coffers as of March 31.
Burr is seeking his third Senate term against opponents yet to be named. No Democrat has entered the race and no Republicans have surfaced to challenge him in a primary.
For comparison purposes, then-Sen. Kay Hagan had raised almost $1.6 million in the first quarter of 2013 - the year before her unsuccessful re-election bid - and reported $2.7 million cash on hand.
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