Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) raised just over $1.7 million in the second quarter–not quite double his rival Joe Sestak’s take–giving him about $7.5 million cash on hand going into the third quarter.
Sestak’s shop was certainly prepared for this–Specter, after all, is being treated as an incumbent by the state and national Democratic parties. But, they say, things are fine. “Joe…has added more to his cash on hand this quarter than Arlen Specter,” says campaign spokesman Joe Langdon.
And that seems to be true. Though he’s taken in $1.7 million since last quarter, Specter’s cash-on-hand has only increased by about $800,000 since April. Sestak’s increased by slightly more than that, despite raising a lower haul of $1.2 million this quarter.
With that, they say, they raised enough money to get their message out and to viably challenge Specter in the Pennsylvania Senate primary.
