LACONIA — Maura Sullivan, who is seeking to succeed Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, has received a higher percentage of out-of-state individual contributions than any other major U.S. House candidate in the country this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
A total of $1.37 million, or 96.7 percent of her individual contributions, come from outside New Hampshire, and $46,648, or 3.3 percent, are from in-state donors, the non-partisan research group says on its OpenSecrets.org website.
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