Treadwell put $289,000 of his own money into his campaign and Ramras $120,000.
Eddie Burke, the other candidate in the Republican primary, put $1,000 of his own money into the race and collected just more than $11,000 in campaign contributions.
A late July Hellenthal and Associates poll indicated Ramas was in the lead with 29.3 percent of the support, followed by Treadwell with 22.6 percent and Burke with 11.5 percent. Nearly 37 percent were undecided. Republican pollster David Dittman said he just finished polling that found Treadwell within 3 percentage points of Ramras. "He's actually ahead among supervoters right now," Dittman said.
Dittman said that Treadwell commissioned the poll. "The only (race) turning out to be really close is Treadwell and Ramras, but that's with a month to go," Dittman said.
Treadwell has collected just more than $60,000 in contributions and Ramras, who has been in the race the longest, has brought in more than $200,000 in donations. Treadwell is reporting more campaign cash left than Ramras, $77,398 compared to $31,916.
The Democratic primary for lieutenant governor also has a heavily self-financed candidate, Tudor Road Bingo owner Jack Powers, who put $200,000 of his own money into the race and hasn't really raised any other money.
Powers is up against an opponent, Diane Benson, who previously ran for Congress and has more statewide name recognition. She's raised nearly $40,000 in contributions and has about $13,000 left. Democratic candidate Lynette Moreno-Hinz raised $817.
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