Kathleen Rice Beats Challengers in Fundraising for Attorney General Race

Kathleen Rice is leading the campaign fundraising race over her four Democratic challengers for state attorney general

Kathleen Rice's Campaign

By Simone Sebastian

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MIDTOWN — Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice is winning the campaign fundraising race in the five-person battle for the Democratic primary for New York state district attorney.

Thursday was the deadline for candidates to announce their latest fundraising tallies. A confident Rice announced a day early that she has amassed a war chest of $4.14 million, a total well-beyond that of her challengers.

Former federal prosecutor Sean Coffey has raised about $2.5 million in independent donations. But his total funds are boosted by an additional $2 million pay out he made to his own campaign.

Without his own dollars, Coffey comes in third behind Manhattan State Senator Eric Schneiderman, who has $2.7 million in the bank.

Former prosecutor Eric Dinallo also announced today that his campaign has raised $2.5 million. State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has amassed $1.6 million.

The five candidates will face off in the democratic primary on September 14.