With campaign finance reports due Sept. 4, Republican candidate Ruth Briggs King holds a roughly $26,000 edge on Democratic candidate Rob Robinson Jr., as the two head down the final stretch before Saturday's special election.
Robinson, who has been raising funds since Aug. 19, spent $15,427 of $28,378. Briggs King, who was among the contenders for the Senate seat captured by Joe Booth, has been fundraising since the beginning of 2009, and built up a $54,740 campaign war chest, of which $39,617 had been spent as of Sept. 4.
Briggs King's campaign includes $30,000 in loans.
TOP CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS (GAVE MAXIMUM: $600)
Rob Robinson Jr. (D)
• Richard Clemens Karl, Tampa, Fla.
• Mary Catherine Karl, Tampa, Fla.
• House Democrats, Newark
• Committee to Re-Elect Mulrooney, New Castle
• Committee to Elect Bob Gilligan, Millville
• Citizens to Elect George Bunting, Rehoboth Beach
• Ennis Senate Campaign Committee, Smyrna
• Battle Robinson, Georgetown
• Friends of Valerie Longhurst, Bear
• Barry Schoch, Lewes
• The Committee for a Better Future, Wilmington
• Carper for Senate, Wilmington
• Friends to Re-Elect John Atkins, Millsboro
• Committee to Elect Bryon Short, Wilmington
• Joseph C. Schoell, Lewes
• Vivian Houghton, Wilmington
• John Schroeder, Lewes
• Paul Cowan, Lewes
Ruth Briggs King (R)
• Kimberly Hoey Stevenson, Milford
• Laird Stabler & Associates, Montchannin
• Sussex County Republican Women, Georgetown
• Citizans for Lavelle, Wilmington
• Julie Hudson, Lewes
• Robert Hudson, Lewes
• Christine Hudson, Milton
• Joseph Hudson, Milton
• DEL PAC, Dover
• Elizabeth Hudson, Milton
• David Stevenson, Milford
• Friends of Pam Thornburg, Dover
• Wilson Auction Sales, In.c, Lincoln
• Committee to Elect Miro, Newark
• Friends for Michael Ramone, Newark
• Hudson Campaign Comm., Wilmington
• Friends to Elect George Carey, Lincoln
• Friends of Tom Kovach, Wilmington
• Outtens Campaign, Harrington
• Friends of Dick Cathcart, Middletown
• Friends to Elect Gerald Hocker, Ocean View
• Friends to Elect Danny Short, Seaford
• C.U.R.L. PAC, Middletown
• Sussex County Republican Comm., Georgetown
