“We’re the only competitive race within the five boroughs,” Mr. Gounardes said. “In the Donald Trump era, that is no longer happening,” he said. Mr. Golden’s allies have dismissed any suggestion of weakness in their perennially popular candidate. Scott Reif, a spokesman for the Senate Republicans, said the group’s campaign committee had not spent money on Mr. Golden’s race. At the end of July, Mr. Golden’s campaign had nearly three times as much cash on hand as Mr. Gounardes’s.

Source: New York Times September 30, 2018 16:07 UTC