Dem Owens pulls away in fundraising

Bill Owens appears to be pulling away in the $$ race as we approach the finish line on November 3rd.

The Democrat pulled in roughly $491,000, according to his latest filing (which doesn’t include his Obama fundraiser this week in NYC).

Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava was second with $234,000 and Conservative Doug Hoffman was third with $205,000.

But in their reporting, The Hill includes a couple of caveats:

But Hoffman self-funded $102,000 and has also reportedly seen donations take off over the last week, with more than $200,000 raised online…

That appears to leave Scozzafava a distant third in the money chase…

As of Oct. 14, the Democrat also had far more cash still on hand to spend — almost twice as much as Hoffman, and six times more $$$ than Scozzafava.

Bottom line? It looks like Owens and Hoffman will have all the money they need down the stretch. Scozzafava…probably not.