Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over a third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's
multimillion dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.
Andrew Cuomo, the incumbent governor with a $ 35 million
dollar war chest who is well ahead in the polls, is employing a classic rose garden strategy.
Governor Cuomo has already spent part of his multi million
dollar war chest on positive ads, touting his efforts to cap property taxes, promote the new Common Core learning standards, and clean up corruption.
Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over one - third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's
multi-million dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment, from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.
He says Democrats outnumber Republicans two to one in New York, Cuomo has a $ 28 million
dollar war chest, and there's a lack of any real opposition.
It's helped Cuomo amass a multimillion -
dollar war chest that has served to ward off all but the boldest gubernatorial challengers.
Tenney had moderate financial success in the reporting period and had little left to spend, while Hanna was sitting on a half - million -
dollar war chest.
Fundraising will undoubtedly be an issue, in comparison his democratic opponents have amassed multimillion
dollar war chests but Arcabascio doesn't think it will be a problem.
Distributing tons of pork around the district and backed by a near - million -
dollar war chest «the best looking man in the Senate,» 76 this year, is still a force.
Collins, who this week raised more than $ 400,000 dollars during an event with Vice President Mike Pence, has a nearly $ 1.5 million
dollar war chest, according to his campaign.
At the same time, House Democratic incumbents and challengers banked million
dollar war chests to unleash on the television airwaves.
Cuomo, with his $ 33 million
dollar war chest, has the advantage and the bigger megaphone.
McDonald's once quarter - million -
dollar war chest had dwindled to just $ 25,000 as of Sept. 20, according to campaign finance filings.
He's amassed a $ 30 million
dollar war chest, and most recently held a fundraiser featuring performer Billy Joel, where the top tickets cost $ 50,000.
In fact, NYSUT, which Iannuzzi has headed since 2005, has waged a scorched - earth campaign against New York charters for years, dipping into a billion -
dollar war chest to do so.