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Hoeffel low on campaign cash

In the end, Joe Hoeffel won’t have had much money to work with for the homestretch.

Hoeffel, the Montgomery County Commissioner and Democratic candidate for governor, raised $215,000 between March 30 and May 3. But he also started to spend more heavily after becoming the last candidate in the four-way primary to air TV ads, and two weeks before the May 18 primary, he had only $46,000 in the bank, according to state campaign finance data.

The former congressman got into the race late, and his fundraising has never quite reached the pace needed to compete against the better-funded candidates. He had initially set a goal of raising $1 million by the end of last year. But as of Tuesday, he still hadn’t reach that threshold, raising a little over $800,000 to date.

He began airing TV ads last week, though it appeared to be a small buy. His campaign finance report lists a $50,000 expenditure for paid media, but it remains unclear if that amount will be the full extent of his TV presence.

May 9, 2010 at 12:30 pm

--pa2010.com Staff

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