Republican Tom McClintock has raised and spent more money in the 4th Congressional District race with Charlie Brown. But as the contest enters its stretch run, Brown has more cash -- and is being helped by an independent advertising blitz by the national Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Brown, who has raised $1.8 million for the race, reported having $456,834 in cash -- and $41,000 in unpaid campaign charges - at the start of October. McClintock, who has raised $2.5 million, had $94,215 in cash left -- with $85,528 in campaign debt.
As Brown announced raising $545,000 in the quarter ending Sept. 30, he boasted in a campaign statement that his election bid is "gathering momentum behind our campaign to solve problems."
Meanwhile, McClintock appealed on his Web site for an infusion of contributions after the DCCC began running a television advertisement that depicted the Thousand Oaks lawmaker as career politician who has failed in multiple runs for state office, collected $300,000 in tax-free per diem payments and voted against veterans.
"Nancy Pelosi's Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee just spent at least $200,000 in TV ads to try and win this election for Charlie Brown," McClintock said in a statement. "While Charlie has the 'who's who' of the American Left at his disposal and now the vast resources of the Pelosi machine spent on his behalf, I have to rely on you and people like you who will not give up this country to the Left without a fight."
Federal campaign reports show that the DCCC also has spent more than $16,000 for anti-McClintock mailers in the district.
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