U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., has plenty of money and time as the field of Republican challengers narrows two months before the GOP Senate primary on June 18.
Kaine, seeking his third Senate term, has raised more than $13 million for his re-election campaign, including $2.5 million in the quarter that ended on March 31, and had nearly $8.8 million in the bank, according to reports filed this week at the Federal Election Commission.
Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Hung Cao appears to be pulling ahead in the Republican nominating contest that has narrowed from eight to five candidates. Cao, who lost a congressional race to Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-10th, by 6 percentage points two years ago, has raised $2 million to challenge Kaine, including $811,511 in the last quarter.
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