Quinn Top Moneymaker in NYC Mayoral Race

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Quinn Top Moneymaker in NYC Mayoral Race
She raised nearly double the amount of her nearest challenger.
 Neal Broverman
          
          Jul 15, 2011
          
        
Neal Broverman
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
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With nearly double the amount of her nearest challenger, New York City council speaker Christine Quinn has raised $1.32 million for her bid to become the Big Apple's first openly gay mayor.

While the race isn't until 2013, a deadline for fund-raising passed on Monday. Quinn is blowing away her competition -- public advocate Bill de Blasio has the second-largest war chest at $675,000, while Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer is third with $655,000, reports NY1. It seems likely that Quinn will raise at least close to the primary fundraising limit of $6.4 million.

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Quinn Top Moneymaker in NYC Mayoral Race

She raised nearly double the amount of her nearest challenger.

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