PHILLY.COM / AP: ….On the Republican side, Gov. Tom Corbett, who faces token opposition in the GOP primary, took in $1.4 million, pushing his total to nearly $9 million. After nearly $3 million in expenditures in the last three months, he had almost $6 million on hand.
Corbett’s biggest contributors included John S. Middleton, a Philadelphia Phillies co-owner and major GOP donor, who gave $250,000. Contributions from the highway construction industry zoomed past the $160,000 mark and the political committee and chief executive of Ohio-based coal mine operator Murray Energy gave Corbett’s campaign at least $50,000…
Democratic U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz raised more money than any other candidate between January and March – $1.6 million – bringing her campaign total to about $8 million… (more)
