April 09, 2013 11:17 AM UTC

Coffman, Romanoff Q1 Virtual Tie, Advantage Romanoff

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: FOX 31's story revised–did Andrew Romanoff in fact outraise Mike Coffman in only two months?

[R]oughly an hour after FOX31 Denver reported Coffman’s fundraising, Romanoff’s campaign called and said that its first quarter total is actually $513,977 — possibly just more than Coffman, who’s exact total has not been released.

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FOX 31's Eli Stokols:

Coffman, R-Aurora, raised $510,000 in the first quarter of 2013, his campaign announced Tuesday.

It’s a big number for a member of Congress to raise in the first quarter of the first year of a two-year campaign cycle — but it’s also just slightly more than brought in by his opponent, Democrat Andrew Romanoff, whose campaign announced last week a $500,000 first quarter haul.

Not only is incumbent Rep. Mike Coffman's Q1 total barely ahead of Democratic challenger Andrew Romanoff's, Romanoff had considerably less time to raise his half million, having launched his campaign at the beginning of February. Especially given concerns among Democratic insiders about Romanoff's eschewing of PAC funds (shared by us in this space), his strong performance out of the gate, which the campaign says was comprised mostly of small, local donations, bodes unexpectedly well for him in this race.

And if you're a Republican watching this race, it's definitely time to worry.