AUBURN — State Rep. Laurel Libby of Auburn has raised far more money for her 2024 reelection race than any other Maine politician who has filed paperwork indicating they plan to run for office next fall.

Libby, a second-term Republican who ran unopposed last year, had more than $41,000 of campaign cash on hand when she last filed paperwork with the Maine Ethics Commission.

Nobody else has raised more than $10,000.

Libby, whose campaign war chest was bolstered by a transfer of $23,236 left from her 2022 campaign, isn’t the only lawmaker from Lewiston and Auburn to have filed papers indicating a plan to seek office in 2024.

Democratic state Reps. Kristen Cloutier of Lewiston and Adam Lee of Auburn have filed for reelection as well.

Lee is running for a second term while Cloutier is aiming for a fourth term. She is the assistant House majority leader.

The only other incumbent from either city who has filed to run again is state Sen. Eric Brakey of Auburn. But Brakey announced recently that he won’t seek reelection because he plans to move to New Hampshire to run a libertarian organization in the Granite State.

The only challenger to file so far from either of the Twin Cities is Republican Michelle Marie Tucker of Auburn, who is taking aim at the 89th District seat held by Lee since 2022.

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