Royal Oak Mayor Mike Fournier and a political slate of three allies raised almost five times as much money as their political opponents — thanks in part to large donations from political action committees and the help of campaign work by the head of the Oakland County commission.

The four raised more than $125,000 combined and spent nearly $75,000 since the start of the year, recently released campaign finance records show. That dwarfs the roughly $26,200 received by the four people trying to defeat them in next week's election for mayor and seats on the Royal Oak City Commission.

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