Gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis raised $549,000 in the third quarter, according to his campaign, beating out all other candidates for the state’s highest office.
Gov. Bill Ritter raised $452,000 for the quarter, and Republican Josh Penry, the Senate minority leader, raised $416,000.
McInnis spokesman Sean Duffy used the fundraising totals to again label his candidate as the front-runner.
“It’s a big deal to raise that kind of money in a very tough economy with pretty strict (donation) limits,” Duffy said. “It has to be said for an incumbent governor to be beaten by a challenger is a pretty big rock in the pond.”
GOP candidate Dan Maes, a businessman from Evergreen, doubled last quarter’s cash, coming in at $12,000.
Jessica Fender, The Denver Post
