The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee wants recent Republican convert Ben Nighthorse Campbell to repay more than $255,000 in money he received for his 1992 Senate campaign.
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Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., the committee chairman, told Sen. Campbell in a letter released Wednesday that the committee had felt "duty-bound" to support Campbell's Colorado candidacy with $255,460.42 in national party funds.Campbell switched to the Republican Party last Friday after years of friction with Colorado Democrats. He said his decision was sealed by Democratic opposition to the balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution.