Democrats Colleen Deacon, of Syracuse, a former top aide to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and Steve Williams, a Syracuse lawyer, launched
their campaign during the last quarter of the year.
Not exact matches
That would be more than double the $ 5.2 million
campaign took in
during the third
quarter of 2007, and about as much as better - known GOP presidential contender Fred Thompson raised
last quarter.
Last week the Albany Times Union reported that Schreibman raised $ 535,000 in
campaign cash
during the third
quarter of the year, beating out Gibson by about $ 125,000.