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October 16th, 2008

Democrat Ethan Berkowitz has more campaign money to spend than incumbent Republican Congressman Don Young going into the final weeks of the campaign. But Young isn’t burning what campaign cash he does have on lawyers anymore, leaving any investigation-related expenses to his legal defense fund.

The campaign finance reports filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission show Young, Alaska’s lone member of the U.S. House since 1973, reported $275,000 in campaign cash in the bank. Berkowitz far out-raised Young, $521,270 to $131,486, during August and September

Berkowitz reported $383,842 campaign cash on hand, after ads and other expenses.

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