Graham has $4.7 million in campaign cash

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s re-election campaign has $4.7 million on hand, according to the campaign and federal campaign disclosure reports it had to file today.

The campaign reported raising $502,344 in the first quarter of 2008.

Graham will face Lexington dentist Dr. Buddy Witherspoon in the Jan. 10 statewide primary.

Witherspoon has roughly $250,000 on hand.

Witherspoon has $250,000, campaign says

The campaign for Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Buddy Witherspoon says the Lexington dentist has roughly $250,000 on hand after the first quarter filing period.

The campaign reports having raised the money mainly from about 3,000 individual contributors.

Witherspoon is the only Republican challenger to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in the upcoming June 10 primary.

By comparison, Graham reported having more than $4 million on hand in in the fourth quarter of 2007. 

Graham reports $3.7 million in campaign cash

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has nearly $3.7 million cash-on-hand for his 2008 re-election effort, his campaign reported today.

Graham's campaign reported raising more than $1.2 million in the first three months of 2007. The campaign’s quarterly financial report was filed this weekend.

 

Among 21 GOP senators up in 2008,

Graham trails only the U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the minority leader from

Kentucky

($4.4 million cash-on-hand) and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of

Texas

($3.8 million cash-on-hand).