This culled from a SDUT graphic. I left the smart allecky "fun facts" in, just for…well…fun, even though most of them are lame….
Brian Bilbray
Contributions: * $5,420
Money spent: $14,878
Cash on hand: $190,531
(Bilbray started his campaign with $199,334 from his 2000 campaign.)
Fun fact: He paid Escondido Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler, who considered a run for the seat herself,
$2,000 for a poll.
Francine Busby
Contributions: $519,606
Money spent: $187,936
Cash on hand: $371,161
Fun fact: After retirees and homemakers, attorney was the most often listed occupation of her contributors.
Richard Earnest
Contributions: $39,114
Money spent: $38,335
Cash on hand: $200,778 (includes personal loan of $200,000)
Fun fact: He paid $5,000 for a polling consultant in December.
Howard Kaloogian
Contributions: $170,527
Money spent: $17,418
Cash on hand: $153,108
Fun fact: His first fundraiser with expenses was held in Michigan.
Bill Morrow
Contributions: $234,921
Money spent: $29,499
Cash on hand: $213,896
Fun fact: He used $1,535 to take a trip to Washington.
Scott Turner
Contributions: $18,950
Money spent: $6,387
Cash on hand: $12,562
Fun fact: He spent $989 for a computer, then $500 for his Web design.
Alan Uke
Contributions: $223,645
Money spent: $208,396
Cash on hand: $190,248
Fun fact: He gave his campaign donations of $126,000 and a loan of $175,000.
NOTE: Candidates Jeff Newsome, a Republican, and Chris Young, a Democrat, did not file financial disclosures with the Federal Election Commission in the past quarter. Newsome collected less than $5,000 and was not required to file. Young could not be reached for comment. Businessman Ken King has dropped out of the race.
*Contributions do not include personal loans.