Incumbents’ $$$ vs. challengers Ed. Note: Campaign finances. Interesting stuff. Here is a story published in The Advance News Journal almost 13 years ago, May 18, 2010. Some of the politicians have retired from public office, while others are still in play, having made public service a full-time career. If anything, the elections have increased in cost since this piece was published.The Advance News Journal found an interesting site online the other day — www.opensecrets.org. On it, you can look into how much money politicians are collecting in the way of campaign donations.Fascinating stuff. On the local level, for example,