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The candidates for governor are mostly wealthy
Tom Crawford
Do you have to be wealthy to run for governor? You might come to that conclusion after paging through the financial disclosure statements that candidates were required to file with the state ethics commission last week. On the Republican side, three of the five major candidates profess to be millionaires: their total financial assets exceed their total liabilities by at least $1 million. State Sen. Michael Williams (R-Cumming) has been doing poorly in the polls but quite well on the balance sheet.