Bennet loans himself $300K in final days of race

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http://www.denverpost.com/election2010/ci_15658768

DENVER—A Democratic senator from Colorado is opening his own wallet after his primary opponent sold his house to finance a challenge.

Sen. Michael Bennet has loaned himself $300,000 in the closing days of his primary contest against Andrew Romanoff. Romanoff sold his Denver home and cleared his personal savings to loan his campaign $325,000 in recent weeks—a last-ditch effort to try to knock off Bennet.

Romanoff's gamble was spent on television ads attacking the incumbent. A poll taken last week by KUSA-TV and The Denver Post shows Romanoff about even with Bennet in the Aug. 10 primary.

Bennet has a wide lead in overall fundraising. At the end of June, Bennet had raised $7.7 million to just under $2 million for Romanoff.

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1. It would be a very impressive win if Romanoff could

take this primary.