MARYLAND

Maryland Question 7 committees spend $35.7 million

October 9, 2012 - 03:19 pm

BALTIMORE (AP) - Spending by committees for and against expanded gambling in Maryland has exceeded to amount spent in the 2006 governor's race.

According to a filing with the State Board of Elections, a committee hoping to defeat Question 7 reports an outlay of $21.7 million.

A pro-gaming expansion committee reports that it has spent $17.7 million.

The Baltimore Sun reports that the combined total of $35.7 million is more than was spent by Democrat Martin O'Malley and Republican Robert L. Ehrlich when O'Malley defeated the incumbent governor.

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