A week after financial statements showed Democratic U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer with more than 11 times more cash on hand than her Republican rival, a consultant for GOP candidate Carly Fiorina this morning predicted Fiorina would about match Boxer's spending and might be set to write her campaign a check.
In a panel discussion at a meeting of the American Association of Political Consultants in Sacramento, Fred Davis said, "I think, at the end of the day, both of these campaigns are going to end up with roughly similar budgets."
Boxer last week reported having $11.3 million on hand. Fiorina had about $950,000.
Rose Kapolczynski, Boxer's campaign manager, was sitting next to Davis and asked him if what he said meant Fiorina would be writing her campaign a check.
"I think we'll end up probably not having a horrible money problem," Davis said. "Does that answer your question, Rose?"
Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, has previously made loans to her campaign totaling $5.5 million.
Fiorina declined last week to say if she plans to put any of her own money into her general election bid, or if she will repay the loans she previously has made to her campaign.
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