Mrs. Stefanowski: We Are Out of Dough.

Self-funder Bob Stefanowski’s cupboard may be bare. The Republican nominee for governor’s wife Amy sent an email to prospective contributors announcing that if the campaign does not raise $10,000 pronto–by Monday night–its current ad will have to come off the air.

This is what doubters during the primary campaign dreaded. Stefanowski would spend a couple of million to win the party nomination but not have the far greater personal resources to underwrite the fall campaign against wealthy Greenwich Democrat Ned Lamont. Their fears appear to be coming true a month after the August 14th primary.

Stefanowski needs to be commanding the airwaves but cannot compete with Lamont’s fortune. The Madison Republican has no natural fundraising base in the party–he was a Democrat as recently as 2017–and won the nomination by highlighting his disdain of party regulars, the people who often raise campaign contributions.

There’s always the pawn shop. Stefanowski has plenty of experience with those.