NC-13 - Miller and Robinson to Raise $2 Million Each

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Money piles up in hotly contested congressional race

Robinson, Miller each raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in a matter of months - but from divergent sources

Barbara Barrett, Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON - The Triangle's hottest congressional race is attracting scads of political donations nationwide.
In three months, U.S. Rep. Brad Miller, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Vernon Robinson together raised more than $1 million for the race to win North Carolina's 13th District in Congress.

Each turned to very different sources for cash.

Robinson has raised nearly all his money from outside North Carolina -- more than 80 percent of his contributions of $100 or more. In the three-month period ending Sept. 30, he took in almost $695,000.

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Miller, the incumbent and a lawyer by trade, has relied on Raleigh insiders and political action committees, turning especially to the legal profession for help. He raised $512,000 in the same period.

The candidates now are nearly even in fundraising, having collecting about $1.49 million each. Robinson said Monday he expects each man will top $2 million by Election Day

$2 million is a lot of cash. As much as I would like to have seen that spent on Larry Kissell and Roger Sharpe, Vermin Robinson simply must lose.