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PORTLAND – Tuesday’s primary elections proved again that money doesn’t necessarily equal success in Maine politics. But spending at the right moment appeared to help at least one candidate. An analysis of money raised by candidates and how many votes they got shows that state Sen. Cynthia Dill of Cape Elizabeth, who won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, raised the least money per vote, $1.91, of any major party candidate. Dill ran one of the leanest campaigns and got the most votes — more than 22,000. Her closest competitor, former Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap of Old Town, raised $5.56 per vote. State Rep. Jon Hinck of Portland, who finished a distant third, raised $18.37 per vote. “It’s interesting to see how well Dill did with how little money she had,” said Jim Melcher, a political scientist at the University of Maine Farmington. What mattered more than money was the fact that Dill was seen as a fierce partisan, so she appealed to the core primary voters, Melcher said. “I don’t think you’ve got to have a lot of money to win a primary. I think you need people with passion behind you, and I think Dill’s experience showed that.” (read more at PortlandPressHerald)

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