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<p>As the old saw goes, it takes money to make money. And there’s an obvious corollary: It also takes money to spend money.</p>
<p>Those truths have recently hit home for Republican candidates in vital Senate races this year, some of whom have struggled to amass the kind of scratch needed to carry a self-sustaining modern campaign through the finish line.</p>
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As the old saw goes, it takes money to make money. And there’s an obvious corollary: It also takes money to spend money.
Those truths have recently hit home for Republican candidates in vital Senate races this year, some of whom have struggled to amass the kind of scratch needed to carry a self-sustaining modern campaign through the finish line.
