April 12, 2006 08:00 AM UTC

Perlmutter Raises $187,180

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• by: Colorado Pols

From The Denver Post:

Republican Rick O’Donnell, candidate for the 7th Congressional District seat, raised $286,788 in the first three months of this year – the most successful financial quarter of his campaign. O’Donnell, who has raised the most money of any candidate in the race, still has $685,761 left in his campaign chest.

Democratic contender Peggy Lamm raised $162,000 during the same time period, which is nearly triple what she did in the final quarter of 2005. Federal election records show that nearly one-third of the amount Lamm raised was from Emily’s List, a national political-action committee that backs Democratic women who support abortion rights.

Lamm’s campaign declined to disclose how much money she still had socked away. At the end of last year, she had about $140,000 on hand. While Lamm’s fundraising was more impressive this quarter, she still trailed Democratic rival Ed Perlmutter, who netted $187,180. The former state senator has about $444,000 remaining…

…Herb Rubenstein, also a Democrat and an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Colorado State University, has not yet filed his disclosures. He had $939.25 remaining in his campaign chest at the end of 2005.

The key in all these numbers will be to see how much Lamm has in the bank. Lamm had $139,370 on hand at the end of Q4 2005 after only raising $63,000, and while she should be saving some money after jettisoning some of the dead weight from her campaign, it’s likely that a good majority of the money she raised in Q1 has already been accounted for.