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A fundraising disparity that once plagued Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s campaign for governor could be closing after several outside groups entered the elections landscape – capped last week by a well-funded political arm of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association.
The group, called the DLGA PAC, said in filings to state regulators that it received $475,000 on July 15 from a separate political action committee, called People for a Healthy Delaware – a group founded nearly a decade ago by former state Sen. Patti Blevins.
Its current treasurer, Michael Finnegan, said Blevins no longer works with People for a Healthy Delaware. He also said the group has long had ties with Hall-Long.
“I don’t think it’s any secret that Bethany, for a number of years, has raised money for People for a Healthy Delaware,” Finnegan said.