Massachusetts: Steven Levy

Here is a breakdown of how much money candidates in the more high profile State House races this cycle have in their bank accounts going into Election Day, according to their reports with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance.

These figures show much large the candidates' campaign coffers are through Oct. 17.

Suffolk-2 Senate
State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson (D-Boston): -$1,936.91
Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Jamaica Plain): $24,544.88

Republican state Senate candidate Steven Levy is up with his first television ad, attacking his opponent, state Rep. Jamie Eldridge, for his stance on taxes.

Levy, of Marlborough, is competing with Eldridge, of Acton, for the Middlesex and Worcester Senate seat vacated by Pam Resor, who is also from Acton.

The ad paints Eldridge as a "Beacon Hill insider" who has supported raising taxes.

"[Eldridge] proposed to raise the sales tax by 20 percent," the narrator says. "He voted to raise taxes by $657,000,000 in 2008 alone."

ST. PAUL -- Steven Levy, the GOP candidate trying to capture the seat of Democratic state Sen. Pam Resor, said Monday that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain will help his prospects more in the Middlesex and Worcester district than if former Gov. Mitt Romney won the nomination.

Levy (R-Marlborough) is currently facing state Rep. Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) in the race to replace Resor (D-Acton), who is retiring from the state Senate.

Responding to an attack from his opponent in his race for the state Senate, state Rep. Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) defended his vote against the sales tax holiday on Wednesday, repeatedly calling the holiday an "ineffective gimmick."