Campaign contributions and spending in Colorado gubernatorial races can quickly soar into million dollar figures. This year, GOP candidate Heidi Ganahl pledged to limit her campaign spending to $3.4 million — a rare move among politicians — in hopes of focusing the election on issues rather than campaign dollars. But Ganahl recently reversed that pledge, paving the way for her to collect as much money as she can, just with smaller donations from individual donors. Education writer Erica Breunlin talks to politics contributor Sandra Fish about what campaign totals are looking like so far — and whether they’ll surpass amounts contributed in past elections.

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<p>Campaign contributions and spending in Colorado gubernatorial races can quickly soar into million dollar figures. This year, GOP candidate Heidi Ganahl pledged to limit her campaign spending to $3.4 million &mdash; a rare move among politicians &mdash; in hopes of focusing the election on issues rather than campaign dollars. But Ganahl recently reversed that pledge, paving the way for her to collect as much money as she can, just with smaller donations from individual donors. Education writer Erica Breunlin talks to politics contributor Sandra Fish about what campaign totals are looking like so far &mdash; and whether they&rsquo;ll surpass amounts contributed in past elections.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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