As the campaign season nears, things are starting to look bleak for Yarmuth. During the April 27th to June 30th reporting period, he raised $412,395 dollars. But only $212,395 was from donations and PACs. The rest came out of his pocket. In that same period, Northup raised $312,972 from donations and PACs. Yarmuth's personal wealth is the only reason he stayed ahead of Northup in fund raising.

The totals for the campaign are devastating. Yarmuth only has $417,929 cash on hand while Northup has $1,850,000 cash on hand. Yarmuth has six weeks before labor day and the kick off of the campaign season to get back into this race financially. To do that he will need to raise in excess of $600,000 to be remotely competitive. This could be a problem since he has only been able to raise $520,000 outside of his personal wealth.

In hopes of shaking up his campaign, he replace Dan Borsch as campaign manager with 34 year old Jason Burke from Connecticut. Personally, I feel it is going to be difficult for an outsider to come into town and be able to quickly understand the geopolitical variations of the 3rd district. On top of that Burke is pitted against an excellent and veteran campaign staff that understands the district as well as anyone. It seems to me the road keeps getting steeper and steeper for Yarmuth.