Bell running short on cash for TV spots

[Judi Lynn]

Oct. 31, 2006, 1:11AM
CAMPAIGN 2006
Bell running short on cash for TV spots
The Democratic candidate for governor gets emergency funds

By R.G. RATCLIFFE and LISA FALKENBERG
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau

AUSTIN - Democrat Chris Bell's gubernatorial campaign was sputtering toward running out of cash Monday.

At least two Houston television stations — KPRC and KHOU — have no Bell campaign commercials booked or paid for to air after today. Two of Bell's rival campaigns say that is true at television stations across Texas.

Bell said late in the day that Houston trial lawyer John O'Quinn had given his campaign another $300,000 to keep his advertising on the air.

Leaving network TV would put Bell at a substantial disadvantage against the heavily financed campaigns of Republican Gov. Rick Perry and independent Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn.
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