Pennsylvania: Rob Mccord

Republican state Treasurer candidate Tom Ellis has a little more than $87,000 in cash on hand with Election Day just over a month away, the campaign told PolitickerPA.com.

The candidate's fundraising numbers pale in comparison to his Democratic opponent Rob McCord, who has $2 million on hand. Ellis acknowledged as much in an interview last week.

The race for state treasurer could be in a statistical dead heat, with Democrat Rob McCord leading Republican Tom Ellis by as little as one point, according to an internal poll commissioner by the Ellis campaign.

But a polling memo obtained by PolitickerPA.com provides almost no details of how the poll was conducted, making its veracity difficult to assess

Thirty percent of voters are undecided in a race that has garnered almost no attention, according to the poll.

It's been hard for candidates for state treasurer to get any kind of media attention in an election cycle dominated by the presidential races and competitive Congressional battles.

But The Associated Press today provides one of the first complete looks at the race between Republican Tom Ellis and Democrat Rob McCord.

Whether it gets the attention of voters remains to be seen.

MINNETONKA, Minn. -- State treasurer candidate Tom Ellis delivered sharp criticism of his opponent Tuesday morning before the Pennsylvania delegation, saying Democrat Rob McCord does not have a good investment track record and supports terrorist-supporting nations who "hate America."

It was an explosive salvo offered in a race that attracts some interest from party activists but almost none from casual voters, whose attention is consumed by the presidential election.