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MARCH 15, 2001

Tribes in Washington who were some of the biggest supporters of freshman Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) might want to help bail her out of debt.

Cantwell spent a lot of money on her winning campaign against Slade Gorton but it was her own. She had lots of money to spend, thanks to a market eager to cash in on RealNetworks, the Internet company which makes RealAudio and RealVideo players. Cantwell was a former executive there.

Now that the tech market has bombed, Cantwell's net worth has dropped enough that she will not be paying off her bank loan of $3,221,490 by herself and is instead seeking contributions from supporters throughout the country.

Get the Story:
A Flush Candidate's Debt Worries (The Washington Post 3/15)