TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Two weeks to go and there's no clear-cut front-runner in the Florida governor's race, and one candidate could be on the verge of dipping into his own pocket for re-election.
Gov. Rick Scott was very confident two years ago when asked if he would be self-funding a re-election campaign.
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"I won't have to," said the governor in 2012.
Scott does have plenty of money rolling in. His campaign and the Republican Party have spent more than $56 million on mostly negative ads. Democratic opponent Charlie Crist has spent around $26 million on the same.
But polls won't tell you who is out front with just two weeks to go. A virtual dead heat between the two has led to speculation that Scott will be writing a check for $20 million to his own campaign. He spent more than $75 million of his own money to win in 2010.
Political scientist Carol Weissert said all the negativity can lead to burnout, not turnout.
"We do know that's one of the things negative ads do. People get turned off totally," said Weissert.
A neck-and-neck race probably isn't what Scott was planning on.
"I don't know what it will cost, but we'll have the money to win," said Scott two years ago.
Both the Scott campaign and the Republican Party of Florida had no comment on whether the governor would be self-funding. Whether a candidate donated his own money will be revealed when the campaign finance reports are due on Oct. 31,, just four days before the election.