Detailed second-quarter campaign finance reports filed Monday, reveal considerable amounts of cash flooded into competitive congressional races in the spring months leading up to this November’s election.
In reports filed from candidates in the 6th Congressional District, Democratic challenger Joe Miklosi recorded his best fundraising quarter to date, though his campaign continues to lag behind in cash when compared to incumbent Republican Congressman Mike Coffman.
Miklosi raised more than $335,000 and now has about $518,000 in the bank. By contrast, Coffman raised about $600,000 for the quarter and the two-term incumbent’s warchest is at $1.8 million.
Final reports were due Sunday for the quarter from April through June.
Both Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton and Democratic challenger Sal Pace raised more than $410,000 in the quarter. The pair are locked in a contest to represent the 3rd Congressional District, which comprises 29 counties on the Western Slope and in southern Colorado.
In the second-quarter of this year, both raised more than Tipton and his incumbent opponent, U.S. Rep. John Salazar, did combined during the same quarter in 2010.
Meanwhile, Republican Joe Coors has contributed about $615,000 of his own money into his campaign to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter in the 7th Congressional District.
Coors, the great-grandson of brewery founder Adolph Coors , received $787,014 in contributions in the second quarter, with $396,735 coming from his own checkbook.
By contrast, Perlmutter received $504,931, easily outpacing the same quarter in 2010, when he received $295,539. Perlmutter has not contributed to his own race.
Each of the three incumbents from the 3rd, 6th and 7th Districts all have more than $1 million in the bank, while none of their challengers have yet to reach that mark.
Staff writers Lynn Bartels and Sara Burnett contributed to this report.
Kurtis Lee: 303-954-1655, klee@denverpost.com or
Congressional District 1
Diana DeGette, Democrat*
This quarter: $184,274
Total: $743,340
Cash on hand: $164,284
Danny Stroud, Republican
This quarter: $5,651
Total: $7,323
Cash on hand: $368
Congressional District 2
Jared Polis, Democrat*
This quarter: $172,828
Total: $1,184,429
Cash on hand: $347,425
Candidate contributions: $561,676
Kevin Lundberg, Republican
This quarter: $41,447
Total: $78,512
Cash on hand: $14,296
Congressional District 3
Scott Tipton, Republican*
This quarter: $416,110
Total: $1,611,057
Cash on hand: $1,080,854
Sal Pace, Democrat
This quarter: $413,402
Total: $1,181,252
Cash on hand: $789,098
Congressional District 4
Cory Gardner, Republican*
This quarter: $302,024
Total: $1,698,484
Cash on hand: $1,024,762
Brandon Shaffer, Democrat
This quarter: $144,539
Total: $550,894
Cash on hand: $270,698
Congressional District 6
Mike Coffman, Republican*
This quarter: $596,596
Total: $1,788,558
Cash on hand: $1,839,952
Joe Miklosi, Democrat
This quarter: $338,368
Total: $799,035
Cash on hand: $518,445
Congressional District 7
Ed Perlmutter, Democrat*
This quarter: $504,931
Total: $1,785,851
Cash on hand: $1,111,729
Joe Coors, Republican
This quarter: $787,014
Total: $1,264,252
Cash on hand:$102,506
Candidate contributions: $614,982
*Incumbent
