D. For uncontested legislative general elections, the amount of revenues to be distributed from the fund is 40% of the amount distributed to a participating candidate in a contested general election.

E.__For gubernatorial primary elections, the amount of revenues distributed is the average amount of campaign expenditures made by each gubernatorial candidate receiving more than 5% of the vote during all gubernatorial primary election races for the immediately preceding 4 primary elections, as reported in the initial filing period subsequent to the primary election.

F.__For gubernatorial general elections, the amount of revenues distributed is the average amount of campaign expenditures made by all gubernatorial candidates receiving more than 5% of the vote during all contested general election races for the immediately preceding 4 general elections, as reported in the initial filing period subsequent to the general election.

If the immediately preceding two election cycles do not contain sufficient electoral data, the commission shall use information from the most recent applicable elections. For only the initial computations under subsections A to C that are conducted by July 1, 1999, the commission shall reduce the amounts to be distributed by 25%.

Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §1125, sub-§9, as enacted by IB 1995, c. 1, §17, is amended to read:

9. Matching funds. When any campaign, finance or election report shows that the sum of a candidate's expenditures or obligations, or funds raised or borrowed, whichever is greater, alone or in conjunction with independent expenditures reported under section 1019, exceeds the distribution amount under subsection 8, the commission shall issue immediately to any opposing Maine Clean Election Act candidate an additional amount equivalent to the reported excess. Matching funds are limited to 2 times the amount originally distributed under subsection 8, paragraph A or, C, E or F, whichever is applicable.