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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is considering doubling the amount of money they can accept for their own reelection campaigns.

The current limit is $20,000 per election, with primary and run-off races considered separate elections. This is more than three times the highest of the five immediate Bay Area counties, including Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara, that range from $500 to the state limit of $5,900 (for counties without their own ordinance before the state limit was enacted).

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