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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A leading candidate for Minnesota governor is trying to contain fallout from a flawed campaign finance arrangement with the state Democratic Party.
The party abandoned the plan with House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher after lawyers deemed it was likely illegal.
At issue was how Kelliher tried to obtain a party-maintained voter database without directly paying for it.
Kelliher, one of 11 Democrats vying for the party nomination, reported her campaign to state regulators just as Republicans were calling for a formal investigation. She says she will take whatever steps the campaign board considers necessary and has already made payments to the party.
The Democratic chairman, meanwhile, sought to reassure the other candidates that party brass were maintaining its standard pre-endorsement neutrality.
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