Money thin in state races

Races at a glance

Governor: Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire raised $6 million and had $3.8 million cash on hand at the end of April. Republican Dino Rossi had $4.45 million raised and $3.1 million cash on hand. Democrat James White had $2,439 raised.

Lieutenant governor: Democrat Brad Owen had raised $16,635 in his bid for a fourth term, but that report was from November 2007. Republican challenger Marcia McCraw, a Seattle lawyer, raised $5,900 through March. McCraw, who was in Mexico and unavailable for comment, is a former chairwoman of the Puget Sound chapter of the USO and a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.

Attorney general: Republican Rob McKenna raised $813,728 and spent $404,148 through April, while John Ladenburg raised $148,962 and spent $81,715.

Lands commissioner: Democrat Peter Goldmark, an Eastern Washington rancher, had $280,152 raised and spent $117,401 through April, compared with Doug Sutherland’s $212,629 raised and $58,578 spent.

Auditor: Brian Sonntag, a fourterm incumbent, raised $28,052 through March, and Glenn Freeman of Kent has pledged to cap his spending at $5,000.

Insurance commissioner: Mike Kreidler, a two-term incumbent, raised $67,864 through April with no opponent. Secretary of State: Sam Reed, a two-term incumbent, raised $303,191 and spent $84,326 through April with no opponent.

State schools superintendent: Three-term incumbent Terry Bergeson raised $79,397 and spent $41,794 through April, while Richland schools superintendent Rich Semler raised $60,442 and spent $53,192. Former Democratic lawmaker Randy Dorn just entered the race and had no reports on file.

Treasurer: ChangMook Sohn, the former state revenue forecaster, out-raised McIntire by a few dollars and Allen Martin by $30,000.

Supreme Court: Recent appointee Debra Stephens out-raised all four announced candidates for three seats with $65,768 collected through April and $30,599 spent. She has no announced opponent. One-term Justice Mary Fairhurst reported she raised $39,595 and spent $26,299, while her challenger, Seattle lawyer Michael J. Bond, reported $5,296 raised through April and $4,829 spent. Justice Charles Johnson, who has no opponent yet, reported $11,200 raised and $1,954 spent.

Court of appeals: Tim Ford, an open-government advocate for the Attorney General’s Office, reported raising $21,350 and spending $11,004 in his challenge of two-term Appeals Court Judge J. Robin Hunt, who raised 413,984 and spent $9,385.