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four hundred million dollars being spent in Maine by dark outside money in the US senate race

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Rick Bennett, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (Maine Public)

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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure for outside spending in Maine's US Senate race — verifiable against campaign finance records
What we foundThe ~$400 million figure for total spending in the Maine Senate race is consistent with credible projections, but the claim that this amount represents 'dark outside money' is an overstatement — the figure encompasses all outside and campaign spending, not just undisclosed dark money.
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