Lt. Gov Diane Denish, who has been running for governor for at least three years, continued her dominance in fundraising, bringing in more than $1.1 million in the past six months, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday.

Denish is the lone Democrat seeking to replace outgoing Gov. Bill Richardson this year. Five Republicans are seeking their party's nomination in the June primary.

This round of reporting marked the launch of a new campaign finance Web site for the Secretary of State's Office. Secretary of State Mary Herrera said the site will be a vast improvement over her office's much criticized former site. It's based on a highly praised site operated by her counterpart in Washington state and includes searchable databases for contributions.

However, Herrera and her staff warned there would be "glitches" and that it could take a few extra days before all the reports are up.

Her caution turned out to be well founded. By late afternoon Monday, the office extended the 5 p.m. deadline for posting of reports because some candidates had trouble with the new system.

Denish said she raised $1,114,142 in this reporting period and spent $715,538.69, leaving her with $2,598,632 cash on hand. Her campaign pointed out that she did not raise money during the 30-day legislative session or the following 20-day bill-signing period.

Denish's largest contributions included $55,000 from Emily's List, a Washington, D.C.-based political action committee that backs Democratic women; $25,000 from the Democratic Governors' Association; $25,000 from the Heard, Robins, Cloud and Lubel law firm, which has offices in New Mexico and Texas; $25,000 from Jeffrey Wilson, who owns the Cattle Baron restaurant in Roswell; and $20,00 from the Service Employees International Union.

Denish also received in-kind donations totaling $33,198 from Gulfstream, an Albuquerque property management company.

The lieutenant governor has raised nearly $4 million in cash contributions since beginning her campaign.

Among the GOP gubernatorial field, former party chairman Allen Weh reported raising $691,000, of which $500,000 was from a personal loan. Last year, Weh had loaned another $250,000 to his campaign, which he reports has about $544,000 in the bank.

Las Cruces District Attorney Susana Martinez raised $428,064 and spent $194,809, according to her report, leaving a balance of $363,913. About half of her contributions were made since last month when Martinez pulled an upset, winning the most delegates at the Republican preprimary nominating convention. Her biggest contributor by far was Mack Energy Corp. of Artesia. The company gave her a total of $117,500.

Doug Turner, who owns an Albuquerque public relations firm, raised $400,772, nearly half of which — $198,746 — came from loans to himself. Turner spent $351,657, leaving $260,215 cash in hand.

Pete Domenici Jr. — an Albuquerque environmental lawyer and son of a former U.S. senator — reported raising $372,107, of which $70,000 was a loan from himself. Domenici spent $242,409, leaving a balance of $129,698.

State Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones of Albuquerque reported contributions totaling $164,587 and in-kind donations of $22,021. Her campaign listed loans of $54,193 from individuals and vendors, and $500 from the candidate.

Both political parties have a large field of candidates seeking nomination as lieutenant governor in the primaries.

Among the Democrats, former state party chairman Brian Colón reported raising $156,489. He reported spending $201,651, which leaves him $205,886. His biggest contributors were his Albuquerque law firm Robles, Rael & Anaya, which gave him $11,879, and L&F Distributors of McAllen, Texas, which contributed $10,000.

Longtime government administrator Lawrence Rael's report listed contributions of $162,175, of which $105,000 are personal loans.

Reports for Democratic candidates Joe Campos, Jerry Ortiz y Pino and Linda Lopez weren't available by Monday night.

Among the Republicans seeking election as lieutenant governor, former state Rep. John Sanchez reported raising $279,300. But $273,800 is from a series of personal loans. In addition to the loans, $2,500 of the $5,500 in monetary contributions was from Sanchez himself. And Sanchez's Albuquerque roofing company gave an in-kind contribution of $6,735. Sanchez spent $23,018, leaving $256,281 in his campaign treasury.

Brian Moore of Clayton, another former state legislator, said Monday that he submitted his report, but it had yet to show up on the Secretary of State's Office Web site. Moore e-mailed a spreadsheet to reporters. He said he raised $139,840, $100,000 of which was a personal loan to himself. Moore spent $14,231, leaving $129, 535.

State Sen. Kent Cravens of Albuquerque reported raising $57,990 and spending $34,583.

J.R. Damron, a Santa Fe doctor who has dropped out of the race, raised $24,975 and spent $24,451.

In the only contested local legislative primary, House Speaker Ben Luján, D-Nambé, maintained a huge financial lead over challenger Carl Trujillo, a technologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Luján raised $17,150 during the last period and spent $17,978. But the speaker, who has been in the Legislature since the 1970s and normally runs unopposed, started out with more than $132,000 in his war chest and still has more than $131,000.

Trujillo raised $5,540 — $4,000 of which was a personal loan — and spent $6,463, leaving his campaign more than $600 in the hole.

Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.

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