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Allen enjoys 16-to-1 cash advantage over Webb

By DALE EISMAN, The Virginian-Pilot
? July 15, 2006

WASHINGTON ? Even after an extensive ? and expensive ? opening round of television advertising, Republican U.S. Sen. George Allen enters the fall election campaign with a $6.6 million cash reserve, nearly 16 times more than Democratic challenger James Webb, according to new reports.

Financial disclosure forms released Friday from both camps show Allen, a first-term senator who is seeking re-election even as he also explores a 2008 presidential run, already has raised more than $11.2 million.

Webb has collected slightly more than $1 million, including $100,000 he loaned to his campaign before the June 13 Democratic primary.

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?We?re going to have the money that we need to go head-to-head with Allen in the fall ? no doubt about it,? Denny Todd added.

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T he newly released reports, however, which include campaign contributions received through June 30, suggest that national Democrats aren?t exactly rushing to replenish Webb?s coffers after the primary.

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?In the absence of an indictment,? it is hard to think of any candidate in any state who has defeated an opponent with the kind of financial advantage Allen now enjoys, said Jennifer Duffy, editor of the Cook Political Report, a non partisan newsletter based in Washington.

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Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia?s Center for Politics, called Webb?s fundraising ?pitiful,?...

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?Maybe at this rate, they can have TV ads with stick figures,? he added.

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Since the Democratic primary, which gave Webb a boost of publicity, Allen ?has been on the airwaves constantly?