State Employees Keep On Giving To Richardson Campaign

SANTA FE (AP) – State employees remain among the largest contributors to Governor Richardson’s presidential campaign last month when he dropped out of the race.

Workers for state agencies and state-funded colleges gave about $6,500 to the governor’s campaign in January. All but $700 of the money was contributed before the Richardson ended his presidential bid on January 10th.

Last year, state employees contributed at least $519,600 to Richardson’s presidential campaign. That’s more than any other group of individuals — other than retirees and self-employed donors — when totaled by their employer.

Richardson collected more than $380,000 in contributions last month and nearly 23 million dollars total during his yearlong campaign.

That’s according to a report filed last week by the campaign with the Federal Election Commission.

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