Udall raises more than Schaffer in first three months of year

By Burt Hubbard, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published April 15, 2008 at 11 p.m.

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Democratic senatorial candidate Mark Udall out-raised his Republican opponent Bob Schaffer during the first three months of this year, according to campaign statements filed Tuesday.

In the hotly contested race for the House seat Udall is leaving, Democratic candidate Jared Polis pumped another $450,000 of his own money into his campaign, bringing his total investment to more than $1 million.

Both U.S. Senate candidates surpassed $1 million in donations during the first three months with Udall collecting $1.46 million and Schaffer taking in $1.02 million, the filings said.

Udall got about $250,000 from political action committees, while Schaffer reported almost $400,000 from his part of the joint fundraiser with President Bush in January.

Schaffer had $2.2 million in the bank for the campaign at the end of March, while Udall had $4.2 million. The two candidates are vying for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Wayne Allard.

Funding of other races

1st Quarter Candidate funds raised On hand

2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

* Jared Polis (D) $558,000 $322,000

* Will Shafroth (D) $280,000 $682,000

* Joan Fitz-Gerald (D) $257,000 $575,000

3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT * John Salazar (D) $138,000 $600,000

* Wayne Wolf (R) N/A N/A

4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT * Marilyn Musgrave (R) $355,000 $1.01 million

* Betsy Markey (D) $223,000 $376,000

5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT * Jeff Crank (R) $84,000 $130,000

* Doug Lamborn (R) $76,000 $179,000