Snowe Campaign Fundraising Off to Strong Start ; Two Tea Party-Affiliated Candidates Have Said They Will Challenge the Senator in the Republican Primary.

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U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe's campaign touted the news Monday that the Maine Republican had more than $2 million for her campaign at the end of March, a total that one analyst called a "very solid number."

Snowe doesn't yet have an announced Democratic challenger for her seat in 2012. But two tea party-affiliated candidates have announced that they will take on the three-term senator, who is considered a moderate Republican.

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Snowe Campaign Fundraising Off to Strong Start ; Two Tea Party-Affiliated Candidates Have Said They Will Challenge the Senator in the Republican Primary.

The deadline for federal campaign finance reports for the quarter ending March 31 is Friday. Snowe's campaign released bottom line numbe...

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