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Vote Yes! raked in big bucks during week before stadium election

The group that won voter approval for a new $1 billion Texas Rangers stadium received $287,000 in political contributions during the final days before the election Nov. 8, according to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday.

The Vote Yes! Keep the Rangers political action committee had already raised nearly $1.5 million during the previous three filing periods, with the Rangers kicking in about a third of that.

The PAC extended its lopsided financial lead over the project’s principal opponent, the Citizens for a Better Arlington PAC, which had raised about $7,000 during the previous reporting periods. Documents filed Tuesday — covering Oct.