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Schimel builds money advantage over Kaul in AG race

By: Associated Press//January 16, 2018//

Schimel builds money advantage over Kaul in AG race

By: Associated Press//January 16, 2018//

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Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel addresses the audience that gathered in January 2015 for his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Madison. Schimel says he would support closing the state's troubled youth prison if corrections officials could find another way to handle serious juvenile offenders. Schimel's DOJ began investigating allegations of widespread abuse at the prison outside Irma in 2015.  (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel addresses the audience that gathered in January 2015 for his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Madison. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has the money edge over his Democratic opponent Josh Kaul going into the new year.

Campaign-finance reports covering the second half of 2017 were due to the state Ethics Commission by the end of the day Tuesday. The state Republican Party issued a news release on Tuesday morning saying Schimel had $529,258 on hand by Dec. 31. He raised $569,809 over the course of the year; of that, $271,774 came in the last six months.

Kaul’s campaign said earlier this month that he planned to report about $280,000 on hand by Dec. 31. He raised slightly more than $429,000 since his campaign began in April with $255,000 coming during the second half of 2017.

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