PORTLAND — Independent Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler is reducing his budget for television advertising in the week leading up to the election.

A spokeswoman for Cutler says the budget for the week that began Tuesday and ends the day before the election is being cut from $150,000 to $120,000. The statement from Cutler’s campaign comes a day after Cutler acknowledged that the odds of him winning the race are long.

Cutler is running against Democratic Rep. Mike Michaud and Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Cutler reiterated on Wednesday if voters don’t believe he can win, they should vote for someone else. He also said he won’t drop out of the race despite increasing pressure from progressive voters who view him as a spoiler who will hand another term to LePage.

Twitter discussion

.@EliotCutler‘s campaign has reinstated half of its ads with NEWS CENTER between now and Election Day.

— WCSH 6 (@WCSH6) October 30, 2014

@BBirrellSmith @PaulMerrillWMTW @EliotCutler @WMTWTV Here At @WABI_TV5, ours go off the air Saturday.

— Rob Poindexter (@Robb1239) October 30, 2014

@PaulMerrillWMTW @EliotCutler It’s a trend– Cutler has also pulled his ads on @WCSH6 as of Saturday..

— Pat Callaghan (@PatCallaghan6) October 30, 2014

Update: @EliotCutler is only doing a partial cancel of his ad buy this weekend. #mepolitics

— Paul Merrill (@PaulMerrillWMTW) October 30, 2014

.@EliotCutler has cancelled all TV ads with @WMTWTV starting Saturday. #mepolitics

— Paul Merrill (@PaulMerrillWMTW) October 30, 2014

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