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The latest fundraising numbers for federal Liberal leadership contenders suggest Joyce Murray has emerged as the primary challenger to front-runner Justin Trudeau.

The second of four weekly financial reports filed with Elections Canada show Trudeau raised another $35,000 over the past week, on top of the $1 million reported previously.

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But Vancouver MP Murray continued to show momentum, pulling in $29,000, for a total of $198,000 over the entire campaign.

That moves her ahead of former Toronto MP Martha Hall Findlay, who has raised a total of $186,500.

Hall Findlay started out strongly, raising $115,000 by the end of last year.

But her fundraising effort seems to have stalled as the race heads down the home stretch; she raised just $7,500 over the past week.

Murray’s campaign has been given a big boost from grassroots and online advocacy groups who’ve endorsed her strong environmental platform and her plan for one-time electoral co-operation among progressive parties aimed at ensuring defeat of Stephen Harper’s Conservatives in 2015.