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Delgado has a lot more campaign money than Molinaro

Feb 03, 2022 1:30 pm

The Daily Freeman reports that Rep. Antonio Delgado had $5 million more in campaign funds then Republican challenger Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, in their 19th Congressional District election. Molinaro must defeat Republican Brandon Buccola in a June primary to face off against Delgado, who so far does not have any challengers from his party. Delgado ended the year with $5,480,936.71 in cash on hand, according to the Federal Election Commission. Molinaro, who began his campaign in September, had $423,619.64. Delgado is completing his second term after beating Republican John Faso in 2018. Both candidates live in Dutchess County, with Delgado in Rhinebeck and Molinaro in Red Hook while serving his third four-year term as Dutchess County Executive. Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.