Whitfield stays over $1 million into 3Q

U.S. Rep Ed Whitfield (R-Hopkinsville) has barely touched his $1 million-plus warchest, as his campaign's newest FEC report shows few expenditures to round out the second fundraising quarter of 2008.

The second quarter gave Whitfield a $33,628 bump up in cash-on-hand, as his coffers grew from $1,015,555 to $1,049,183.

Whitfield's campaign disbursed less in the second quarter than it did in the first, dropping just less than $22,000 from the end of March to the end of June - about a third of the camp's first quarter expenditures.

A seven-term incumbent, Whitfield faces an opponent who has yet to show significant fundraising success. The campaign of Heather Ryan (D-Paducah) has run a campaign on a shoe-string budget. While gaining acclaim from some prominent state Democrats, Ryan's bid only recently accumulated the $5,000 in funds requiring an initial FEC filing.

Ryan told PolitickerKY.com earlier that her campaign was relying on the online fundraising political action committee ActBlue for a majority of her contributions. Her last filing - as of June 12 - showed her with approximately $3,000 remaining on-hand.