For all the hoopla Tom Gordon has received in the News Journal and among those who fashion themselves as being against corruption in the Delaware blogosphere, he has only $3,617 in the bank. He raised $22,000, but spent $18,000. His opponent, incumbent County Executive Chris Coons, leads all county candidates with $127,907 in cash on hand, having raised $80,000 during the reporting period ending Aug. 10. Coons had $112,000 in the bank before this campaign started, and has spent $63,000 so far in this campaign.
Of course, Gordon’s hubris knows no limits:
“I certainly could do a little bit better job raising money, and I’m going to concentrate on that in the next two weeks,” Gordon said. “But we’ve spent it wisely, and with a little bit of money, I’d say we’re winning.”