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Ex-San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer, facing a daunting array of well-heeled Republican challengers to his bid to become governor in the face of a possible recall of Democratic incumbent Gavin Newsom, has hit the money circuit.
State disclosure records show that Faulconer s just-created gubernatorial exploratory campaign committee raised a total of $501,200 from January 12 to January 27 of this year, with many of the donors hailing from the super rich reaches of La Jolla and Rancho Santa Fe.
Kelly Burt, chairman and CEO of Price Self Storage, a real estate mogul who took part in the closed-door kingmakers meeting that picked Faulconer to run as the GOP insiders choice for mayor after the scandal-caused fall of Democrat Bob Filner in 2013, gave his longtime ally $64,800 on January 21. Burt s wife Laurie did the same.