Brown Gets Cash From Facebook to Flynt in Race for Governor
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California Governor Jerry Brown has amassed $17 million from a well of donors including Exxon Mobil Corp., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp. and even porn mogul Larry Flynt for a re-election campaign without saying he plans to run.
Campaign finance records show the 75-year-old Democrat’s stockpile already amounts to more than New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent to win office in 2009. Brown still has nine months for fundraising, while facing Republicans with a fraction of his cash including former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari, who managed the banking rescue known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.