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Senate challengers keeping pace with incumbents' fundraising

Challengers outraise Lieberman, Chafee

By Robert Yoon
CNN Political Research Director

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- With the mid-term congressional elections less than four months away, U.S. Senate hopefuls in key races nationwide are keeping pace with -- and sometimes outraising -- their incumbent opponents in the all-important contest for campaign cash, according to fundraising records filed recently with the Federal Election Commission.

Challengers in several states, such as Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington State, have raised considerable amounts in the last few months, in some cases almost matching their opponent's haul in the same period. For example, in Montana, Democratic challenger Jon Tester was outraised by his opponent, incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns (R), by just over $4000, or roughly the maximum allowed contribution from two individual donors.

Sens. Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) and Lincoln Chafee (R-Rhode Island) were each outraised from April 1 to June 30 by challengers hoping to take their job, though Lieberman and Burns have considerably more available cash than their opponents.

If money were the only factor, Chafee would be the chamber's most endangered incumbent. He faces a primary challenge in September and has been consistently outraised and has less money in the bank than the likely Democratic nominee, Sheldon Whitehouse.

CNN's Xuan Thai contributed to this report.

Connecticut
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. Joe Lieberman (D)	$1,609,428	$4,279,088
Ned Lamont (D)	approx. $2 million	approx. $300,000

New York
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)	$5,679,413	$22,000,937
Bill Brenner (R)	N/A	N/A
K.T. McFarland (R)	N/A	N/A
John Spencer (R)	N/A	N/A

Florida
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. Bill Nelson(D)	$2,509,568	$12,081,888
Rep. Katherine Harris (R)	N/A	N/A

Hawaii
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. Daniel Akaka (D)	$780,000	$1 million
Rep. Ed Case (D)	$251,470	$381,832

Maryland
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Rep. Ben Cardin (D)	$925,000	$2.3 million
Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R)	$1,899,270	$3,039,131

Minnesota
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Amy Klobuchar (D)	$1.83 million	$3.5 million
Rep. Mark Kennedy (R)	$1,622,107	$4,061,414

Missouri
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. Jim Talent (R)	$2,218,388	$7,123,022
Claire McCaskill (D)	$1,451,087	$2,779,993

Montana
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. Conrad Burns (R)	$868,652	$2,206,690
Jon Tester (D)	$864,376	$514,907

New Jersey
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. Robert Menendez (D)	$2,587,707	$7,392,276
Tom Kean, Jr. (R)	$1,184,175	$2,279,311

Ohio
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. Mike DeWine (R)	$2,136,010	$6,635,440
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D)	$1.6 million	$3.7 million

Pennsylvania
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Rep. Rick Santorum (R)	$3,603,961	$9,439,268
Bob Casey (D)	$2.765 million	$5.17 million

Rhode Island
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R)	$732,777	$1,276,547
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)	$1,014,927	$1,812,438

Virginia
Candidate	Raised 2nd Quarter	Cash on Hand
Sen. George Allen (R)	$1,800,751	$6,617,620
James Webb (D)	$882,914	$424,245

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