Energy Crisis in California

WAP2001031507- 13 MARCH 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Freshman Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who was reportedly worth as much as $40 million from her extraordinary success at RealNetworks, a Seattle high-tech firm, is $4.2 million in debt, the Herald of Everett newspaper in Washington state reported Tuesday. Cantwell spent $5 million of her own money in defeating three-term Republican incumbent Sen. Slade Gorton. She also took out loans, and still owes $3.8 million to U.S. Bank and approximately $386,000 to various vendors, staff members and consultants. cc/cc/Chris Corder UPI