
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 17, 1990                   TAG: 9004170252
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

SENATORS DO WELL OUT OF STATE

Twenty-three of 68 candidates seeking election to the U.S. Senate in 1990 raised more campaign money from individuals living outside their states than from constituents or potential constituents, according to data from the Federal Election Commission.

A slight majority of the 31 incumbent senators seeking re-election, 17, raised more individual contributions of $200 or more out of state than at home, according to data for 1989 released Monday by the commission.

But $200-plus contributions from out-of-state individuals also dwarf the in-state donations of like amounts for some non-incumbents, particularly in states where the current senator is not seeking re-election.

In the 1988 elections, 29 of the 66 general election candidates for 33 Senate seats received more campaign funds through individual contributions of $500 or more from outside their states than at home. In 1986, 31 of the 68 candidates for 34 seats did the same.

Leading the pack is incumbent Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, R-Minn., who has raised $1.34 million outside his state or about triple the $462,331 from in-state donors of $200 or more.

Neither of Virginia's senators was among those listed.

by CNB