Charlie Baker, Karyn Polito Raise Near Identical Amounts of Money In December

December 2020 was a good month for fund raising for both the incumbent governor and the lieutenant governor, as the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance reveals. 

From December 1 to December 31, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, raised $165,418.88, boosting his campaign account total to $596,105.67, according to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Meanwhile, the state's Republican lieutenant governor, Karyn Polito, raised a similar amount of money:  $165,944.00. That bumped her total campaign account balance to $1,919,073.53, according to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance.