The New York Times
Mr. Daggett, 59, a onetime Environmental Protection Agency official and state environmental commissioner, stunned the two major candidates in their first debate, on Oct. 1, winning great acclaim with his one-liners and scorn for party politics. He unveiled an idea for cutting property taxes —the state’s No. 1 problem, according to many polls — by as much as 25 percent.

But while he accuses his rivals of having bought their offices — Mr. Corzine, through donations to Democrats and charities; Mr. Christie, by raising money for President George W. Bush, who appointed him United States attorney for New Jersey — Mr. Daggett simply does not have the money it takes to compete in the costly media war his opponents are waging.

All told, Mr. Daggett has spent about $1.2 million. Mr. Corzine poured more than that into his campaign account on Tuesday. “I’m not going to compete with either of those guys on money,” Mr. Daggett said. “But I hope that when people take a look at me, at least they’ll know that I have a plan.”

Mr. Daggett insists he is in the race to win, and he set out Friday on a campaign tour of every county in the state.

….“I don’t care,” he said of a Corzine or Christie victory. “It’ll make no difference. They have no solutions.”