Posted: Feb 23, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 23
Duff Conacher says campaign finances should be released during the run up to the election. (Kirk Fraser/CBC)
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Donation totals to Sandra Masters and Michael Fougere's campaigns were close for Regina's 2020 election, even if the final vote tally was not.
Masters won the Nov. 9 election by about 5,000 votes, a large number considering only 41,029 Regina residents — about 21 per cent of eligible voters — took part. Masters captured 46.36 per cent of the vote, compared to incumbent Fougere's 35.74 per cent.
Masters raised $67,891 in donations, while Fougere was close behind with $63,573, although about $6,000 of Fougere's was rolled over from the 2016 election.