evidence: Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's reelection campaign has amassed a war chest of $12.6 million, including nearly $4 million in contributions above the state's normal giving limits. [...] Whitmer's campaign reported raising $3.1 million in the three-month period ending Wednesday, Oct. 20. She has $12.6 million on hand a year before the 2022 election. [...] The governor's father, Richard Whitmer, contributed $40,000 on Oct. 19, billionaire investor George Soros of New York contributed $25,000 on Sept. 30, and Arn Tellem, vice chairman of the Detroit Pistons, gave $25,000 on Aug. 30.