The offers the following on the 8th congressional district race:

“Another GOPer short on cash was businessman Steve Greenberg. The highly touted recruit showed just $5,000 cash on hand and $75,000 in vendor debt for his race against Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.), who raised $420,000 for the quarter and should show well over $1 million cash on hand.

“Greenberg, who spent half a million dollars on a relatively uncompetitive primary, said he is reserving his ability to self-fund his campaign until later in the race.

“’We’re not going to be held by some arbitrary deadline that Washington politicians and pundits created,’ Greenberg said. ‘I come from a family business, so I don’t have quarterly reports. T

he only deadline that really matters for me is Election Day.’”