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Former Detroit mayor suspends independent bid for Michigan governor
Key takeaways
- We knew the independent route was filled with challenge, Duggan wrote in a statement on his campaign website.
- Duggan had raised more than $3.2 million in the first six months of his campaign, and more than 94 percent of donations came from Michigan, according to his campaign.
- But the former Democrat could not keep up with the rigorous spending by his opponents, conceding that his campaign was strongly outspent by the national Republican and Democratic parties this fall.
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We knew the independent route was filled with challenge, Duggan wrote in a statement on his campaign website.
Duggan had raised more than $3.2 million in the first six months of his campaign, and more than 94 percent of donations came from Michigan, according to his campaign.
But the former Democrat could not keep up with the rigorous spending by his opponents, conceding that his campaign was strongly outspent by the national Republican and Democratic parties this fall.
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