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by Bob Christie/Associated Press

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Posted on May 19, 2014 at 1:05 PM

Updated yesterday at 2:43 PM

PHOENIX (AP) -- Democrat Felecia Rotellini said Monday she's ready to take on either Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne or his Republican primary opponent in the November general election with a full war chest.

Rotellini's comments came after she filed nominating petitions to officially qualify for the ballot. She said she expects to have more than $1 million in the bank by June to take on either Horne or his Republican challenger, Mark Brnovich.

She will need the money to fend off efforts by the candidates and independent groups seeking to keep a Democrat from gaining a major statewide seat for the first time in four years. She ran against Horne in 2010 and narrowly lost an election that led to a now-renewed campaign finance complaint against the attorney general.

"I intend to have a war chest of over a million dollars to make sure I can do the commercials and be ready for the attack ads I know will come towards me," Rotellini said. "And this time around, we'll be ready."

Rotellini, 56, faces no opposition in August's Democratic primary, so her money will be on hand for the general election battle.

Rotellini said whichever challenger emerges will be "broke and bruised" from a GOP primary that is shaping up as a contest focused on controversies surrounding Horne over the past two years.

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