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Sanchez’s millions have already made the Fexas governor’s race the highest-spending contest in state history. In all, his campaign has spent more than $64 million on the bid to unseat Republican Gov. Rick Perry, nearly three times Perry's $23 million. And it’s not over yet. “We’ll spend what it takes to get Rick Perry out of office,” Sanchez spokeswoman Becky Bunn said. A poll by The Dallas Morning News pub lished this week showed Perry with a double digit lead. In New York, Independence Party candidate Golisano has spent at least $54 million so tar on his third campaign for governor. With almost unlimited cash to tap in the campaign’s final days, Golisano has moved closer to Democrat H. Carl McCall for second place. Despite Republican Gov. George Pataki’s wide lead in the polls — Pataki came in at 47 percent compared with 31 percent for McCall and 18 percent for Golisano in one recent survey — Pataki has taken Golisano’s campaign seri ously enough to start airing ads criticizing him. While it’s uncertain whether any of the self- funded candidates will win this year, the 2000 election sent at least three to the Senate. 010012002 ■ Their own best contributors A ' ZZ?” At Louat S54 ^° re ,han a d0zen candldatKfo, million governor or Congress tiavecofm% S1 million or more to their ow campaign* a look al the top five for governor, to date: Tony Sanchoz Thomaa Golisano independent Founder of Paychex payroll ** firm ^ New York At least $10.3 Craig Benson Republican Co-founder of the forme Cabletron Systems Inc Al leas S3 'rib I % Bill Simon Myrthy,, Repubkcan Co-founder Drectrii of lanny. investment owe! fkm invatw COUOy A Prei o They included Washington Democrat Ma Cantwell, who tapped her high-tech fortune: elected Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl, a Demoeu and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, andfin Jersey Democrat Jon Corzine, a former! Street investment banker who spent more tin $60 million of his own money on his raceintli most expensive Senate contest ever. A new campaign finance law taking efe after the Nov. 5 election offers help to caji dates trying to keep pace with wealthyrivi The law’s “millionaire amendment' mcrej': contribution limits for House and Senate cart dates once self-financed opponents hit aceita; spending threshold. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomte set the record for the most expensive non-pre dential race ever. The Republican andbillioni media magnate spent about $73 million odi ow n money to w in the mayor’s seat last year n Oct. 1 reportec tration's publicly encoi . The adm igenerals threat of bein; Saddam Huss ^ (president Bus i quick way for United States While this t necessaril porting a mili Gunman told instructor about ending it all/ police report says TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A year and a half before a University of Arizona nursing student killed three of his profes sors and then himself, an instruc tor told police the student had thought about “ending it all” and “might put something under the college.” Instructor Melissa M. Goldsmith told police that Robert S. Flores Jr. said he wasi having* problems with a paper but also had a lot of problems other than school, according to the universi ty police department report filed on April 24, 2001. “He was depressed and thought about ’ending it all.’ Flores then stated he ’might put something under the college,’” according to the report, which was provided to The Associated Press on Tuesday by university police. The report said an officer called Flores and left a message. “I will follow up at a later date and contact Flores,” the report said. It was not clear whether police followed up. Goldsmith did not return a message. Sharon Ewing, a clinical pro fessor at the College of Nursing, said it was common knowledge among the faculty that Flores, a 4J-year-old Gulf War veteran, was depressed. She said all three victims had tried to help him. Flores, who had failed a pedi atric nursing class and was strug gling in a critical care class this term, went to the nursing school Monday carrying five handguns and at least 200 rounds of ammu nition. Police said Flores killed assistant professor Robin Rogers, 50, in her office on the second floor of the building, then went to the fourth floor and walked into a classroom i students taking a test taj uiven by two teachers. There, he confronted CY McGaffic, a 44-year-old assra professor who studied death dying and the relation^ between health and spiritual seriously ill patients. Witnesses said he b McGaffic “he was going toi| her a lesson in spirituality, t fired two shots into her chest! after she fell, two more into head. J, Assistant professor Barfai Monroe, 45, was cowej behind a desk in the backol» room as Flores approached, nesses said. “He asked her it> was ready to meet her maker -' said ‘Yes,’ and then he once and then twice more, ®' dent Gena Johnson said. Flores then turned one guns on himself. MCAT Taking the April MCAT? 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