millionaires? you want me to name some names? i do. okay. tim gil. i think sally kerns has a great career ahead of her in something, just not what she s doing now. reporter: that s tim gill, a philanthropist who has doled out thousands of dollars to candidates since 2006. novotny denies he s behind her campaign. and records show she s received no money from gill. 72% of her donors are from oklahoma, the others are from out of state. and sources close to the gill action fund say they ve not contributed any money to the novotny campaign. actually, ben patrick johnson is novotny s largest out of state supporter, a los angeles actor. he s donated $1,000 and recently held a fundraiser for novotny. it s really sally s own words that motivate me. if there were some kind of an aggregate gay mafia of
millionaires, i d probably be a part of it. but there is no such. father god, we look to you for our protection. reporter: at oklahoma city s fairview baptist church we seek to uplift the name of jesus. reporter: one of her strongest supporters is pastor blair. he says johnson and the rest of novotny s out of state donors should stay out of oklahoma politics. he says they have a plan. if it has a plan, what have they proved? that even if you re in a conservative state, you re not safe. if you take a strong stand on these moral issues, we can knock you out. if we can knock sally kern out of oklahoma, we can knock you out. reporter: as for the candidates themselves, both say they prefer to focus on economic issues. at this point, good luck with that. so far, brittany novotny has raised $32,294 to sally kern s $30,849. and in case you re wondering, as
party and sarah palin toppled the state s political heavy weight, congressman mike castle. it s a victory o donnell says is for supporters who challenged the gop mainstream. you guys are the visionaries and leaders who made this possible. because you rallied everyday americans outside the political establishment, brought them involved, and created a grass roots network that made all of this possible. the tea party influence is also being felt further north in new hampshire s republican senate primary. there the contest between tea party favored and former state attorney general kelly ayotte is too close to call. and adrian fenty lost his reelection bid to vincent gray, that s for the democratic nomination. it was a closely watched primary and a potential blow to school chiefs across the country fighting for dramatic education reform. that s because fenty s chancellor of schools ushered in a wave of changes that became a model of reform advocated by the obama administrat