Attorney General Phil Weiser still holds a significant — albeit still early — cash advantage over U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the Democratic primary race for Colorado governor, newly filed campaign finance reports show.

But an independent spending group’s fundraising, including several high-dollar donations, has more than evened the playing field for Bennet.

Weiser, who announced in January that he hoped to succeed term-limited Gov. Jared Polis, entered October with nearly $3 million in cash on hand, according to filings due Wednesday night. Bennet, who announced he was running for governor in April, entered the year’s final financial quarter with about $1.6 million in the bank.

The primary election is in June, with an emerging field that also includes a handful of lesser-known Democrat

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