Stories you shouldn’t miss:
1. Jerry Brown has a five-point lead in the polls and plenty of money in the bank as he enters the final month of the governor’s race. The Chron reports that the ex-Oakland mayor has $22.6 million in his campaign account, while mega-wealthy Meg Whitman only has $9.2 million. Brown’s lead and cash advantage likely will force the ex-eBay CEO to dip further into her pocketbook. So far, she has spent a record $119 million of her own money — and a total of $140 million in all. That’s nearly fourteen times as much as the $10.8 million Brown has spent.
