As of the last fundraising reports Kaine’s war chest is formidable, with more than $17 million in the bank and nothing spent to hold off a Democratic challenger. Stewart has less than $1 million. That will prove a major factor in the race, according to Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA’s Center for Politics, who observed that Kaine reported many times more money than his emerging GOP rival. “That’s just an incredibly lopsided difference,” Skelley said.