Neal then went on to spend nearly $500,000 against Briare in the last 2 weeks of the election to defeat him .
In a Springfield Union - News poll taken in mid-October 1994 , Neal was only ahead of John Briare by 6 percentage points .
Neal then went on to spend nearly $500,000 against John Briare in the last 2 weeks of the election to defeat Neal .
In a Springfield Union - News poll taken in mid-October 1994 , Neal was only ahead of John Briare by 6 percentage points .