TROY – The Republican candidate for Rensselaer county judge has outspent his Democratic opponent by more than two-to-one, but they enter the homestretch of the Nov. 7 election with nearly the same amount of money in their campaign treasuries.

Democrat Jennifer G. Sober of Schodack and Republican Philip J. Danaher of East Greenbush face each other for the second time after competing in six primaries in the race to fill the vacancy created last year when Judge Andrew Ceresia, a Democrat, was elected a state Supreme Court justice.