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she'll face in the June primary.
• Bosworth's year-end campaign finance report just became available on the FEC website Tuesday. Her campaign had not previously responded to a request The Associated Press made of all Senate candidates to share the reports on the Jan. 31 deadline.
• More than $230,000 of her contributions were non-itemized donations from people giving less than $200 each, but of the $78,000 in itemized contributions of $200 or more, just $6,900 came from in-state addresses.
• Bosworth, a political newcomer who operates a Sioux Falls-based private practice called Meaningful Medicine, said people across the country have been drawn to her platform of needing to repeal the nation's new health insurance system, reduce spending and fight government intrusion.
• "And as you grow this process, reinvesting our contributions into getting our message out and being known has been what we've been doing," Bosworth said Tuesday. "And it's been working."
• U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, a Democrat, announced last March that he would retire after serving South Dakota for 12 years.
• Bosworth's fundraising pace has exceeded the efforts of state lawmakers Stace Nelson of Fulton and Larry Rhoden of Union Center, as well as Yankton attorney and Army Reserves major Jason Ravnsborg, who just entered the Republican primary race.
• Former Gov. Mike Rounds reported earlier that he took in more than $516,000 during the quarter, with about $238,000 coming from out-of-state donors. Rounds' campaign showed just over $1.16 million on hand as of Dec. 31.
• Rick Weiland, the unopposed Democratic candidate, raised nearly $161,000 during the quarter. About $32,000 came in from unlisted donors giving less than $200 each, and Weiland's nearly $60,000 in itemized donations were split between in-state and out-of-state donors, according to FEC records.
• The campaign had $385,000 on hand as of the end of 2013, with $106,000 in debts owed by the committee. Weiland's campaign had only released a summary page of the FEC report on Dec. 31; the individual contributions were just recently made available on the site.
• The independent candidate, former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler, didn't announce his candidacy until a few days before 2013's end.
• Bosworth's campaign has been using Base Connect, a direct mail fundraising company that helps conservative candidates, organizations and political action committees. The FEC report shows she owes more than $117,000 to Base Connect and

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