Cash is question mark as Edwards challenges Kerry

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Now the race enters what is potentially its last lap, with two major candidates left and some of the nation's most expensive advertising markets still to come in the Super Tuesday states of California, New York, Massachusetts and Ohio.

Kerry's campaign said Wednesday that it has raised $7 million since Jan. 1, about $6 million of which has come in since the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 19, when Kerry recorded his first victory. Analysts say Kerry should have no trouble raising money for the rest of the primary season and may soon start building a war chest for a general election race against President George W. Bush, who is the best-financed candidate in U.S. history.

Edwards has lagged far behind Kerry in fund raising throughout the primaries. He has raised about $3.5 million since Iowa, where he finished a surprise second to Kerry.

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But those figures do not tell the whole story. For competitive reasons, neither campaign will detail how much it has spent in the past few weeks, and how much cash it has on hand. Edwards plans to run ads in only New York, Georgia and Ohio and will spend most of his time in those states in the next two weeks. But that will leave a lot of Super Tuesday territory uncovered and easy pickings for Kerry, including the largest prize, California.


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1. A valiant effort by Edwards will not be rewarded by campaign donors.