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Mills started July trailing Nolan in campaign cash

Stewart Mills' campaign for Congress in Minnesota's 8th District raised  $338,000 during the 2nd quarter of the year.

That brings his total raised for the campaign to nearly $1 million.

As of July 1,  Mills had almost $430,000 in campaign cash on hand.

Mills, of the Mills Fleet Farm family, is a first-time candidate who's running against  DFL U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan.

Nolan has not released his final second quarter fundraising numbers, but a  Nolan campaign official says the congressman ended the second quarter with  about $575,000 in campaign cash, having raised more than $280,000 during April, May and June.