Organizers of a ballot drive aimed at ending partisan gerrymandering raised $13.8 million over three months while Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer outraised and outspent her Republican rival Bill Schuette since the primary.
Those are key takeaways from Michigan's latest campaign-finance reports. Much of the money is being used for a blitz of TV, radio and online ads before next week's election.
Voters Not Politicians, which is backing a constitutional amendment to empower an independent commission to draw congressional and legislative districts, collected $13.8 million last quarter. The opposition group, Protect My Vote, raised $3.6 million.
Whitmer has raised more and spent more than Schuette.
Foes of a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for recreational use began narrowing the fundraising gap with proponents of legalization.
