Money is pouring into his campaign, according to his team.
State-run television has been heavily biased in his favor, and Government funds have poured into his campaign.
In a statement released by his campaign, Mr. Bush said, "Lamar is a good man who poured his heart into his campaign."
Michael R. Bloomberg is continuing to pour money into his campaign at a rapid pace, spending $16 million in the two months he has been running.
Pine, who was relatively unknown to voters at the time, made waves by pouring more than $762,000 of his own money into his campaign.
It isn't much, compared with the $50 million Jon S. Corzine has poured into his campaign for the United States Senate so far.
Mr. Corzine, a Wall Street financier who poured a record amount of money into his campaign, did not hand out $100 bills at the door.
The businessmen, in particular, are reported to have poured millions of dollars into Mr. Ruiz Orozco's campaign.
Davis doubled his original financial commitment to the race, pouring a total of $1.2 million dollars of personal money into his campaign.
He poured almost a million dollars into his campaign, but his campaign never remained focus.