Saturday, January 14, 2006

Sanford in money lead

(Columbia-AP) Jan. 10, 2006 - Campaign finance reports show Governor Mark Sanford leading all his re-election challengers in the money race.

Sanford raised more than $900,000 in the fourth quarter. That leaves his campaign with $4.5 million on hand.

Sanford's challenger in the June GOP primary reported raising more than $51,000 in the fourth quarter. That leaves Prosperity physician Oscar Lovelace with more than $45,000 in his campaign account.

Democratic state Senator Tommy Moore reported raising more than $367,000 during the quarter for his bid for governor and has approximately $600,000 on hand.

The other Democratic challenger is Florence Mayor Frank Willis. His campaign raised more than $593,000 during the quarter and had $665,000 on hand. Those figures include a $500,000 loan from Willis to the campaign.

Reports were due to Tuesday at 5:00pm