October 15, 2009 01:32 AM UTC

Markey widens fundraising edge over Gardner

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• by: BobMoore

(Gardner will need to do a LOT better than this to win in 2010. What’s the word for “opposite of momentum?” – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Betsy Markey raised $343,000 in the third quarter and has built a $751,000 bankroll, her campaign told me today.

Cory Gardner’s campaign will report raising about $188,000 in the quarter with $280,000 cash on hand, his campaign told me.

Here’s an early version of my story at Coloradoan.com:

http://bit.ly/1Fy16h

A more detailed version will be up Thursday morning.

I haven’t heard yet on Tom Lucero’s numbers, but he told me earlier this week that his third quarter report will surpass what he raised total in the first two quarters, which was only $28,000.

The Draft Diggs Brown effort is winding down and ceased aggressive fundraising after July, when they were told they wouldn’t be able to contribute more than $5,000 to a Brown candidacy if it came about.