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By JOHN GOOLRICK
Kappahannmk New* Special Writer
A friend of mine who has little use for politics was astounded when he read that Mary Sue Terry was about to raise a million dollars in one night for her gubernatorial campaign fund.
In fact, he said, he couldn’t understand why it took so much money to run political campaigns and suspected it was all a scam to help line the pockets of greedy politicians.
It would not surprise me if most people are puzzled why people running for public office are constantly begging for money so they can win election and help provide good government. How, they might wonder, can those who take money from all sorts of special interest groups really provide good government for those connected to no special interests.
I’ll dodge that question, but will comment on why in this modern era it has come to the point anyone running for a major office either has to raise lots of money or face probable defeat.
Let’s take the case of Ms. Terry, who will be the Democratic nominee for governor, and three Republicans
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