The Wolf campaign's finances also suggest that she worries about the next Galluccio. The contested 1996 primary was expensive: Wolf spent $70,000 and Galluccio spent $55,000.
This year, Wolf has continued to collect contributions at a healthy pace.
So far, the campaign has received more than $48,000 in contributions in the year 2000, according to the pre-primary campaign finance report her office filed earlier this month. But the campaign has spent just $23,000 and its balance stands at $56,000.
On Monday, it was ice cream more than money that was building Wolf's following.
Later that morning, a school bus, apparently carrying a future Wolf supporter, drove by where she was standing with her campaign manager.
"A kid leaned out of the window and said, 'Alice, thanks for the ice cream,'" she says.
She says she turned to Pugatch and "I said, 'look, it makes an impact.'"
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