With just a little more than a week before the June 3 primary, Santa Fe developer Don Wiviott and Public Regulation Commissioner Ben Ray Luján continue to lead the fundraising race in the Democratic battle for the 3rd Congressional District seat.

This is according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday. The two are among six candidates vying for the Democratic nomination.

Wiviott had $150,414 cash on hand as of May 14, Luján $167,596.

However, that number already is obsolete. According to reports filed in the past week, Wiviott has given his campaign an additional $250,000 while Luján has taken out a bank loan of $150,000 for his campaign.

Federal law requires candidates to report within 48 hours contributions of $1,000 or more after May 14. According to those reports, Wiviott's raised an additional $5,500 from supporters, while Luján has raised $16,500 from supporters.

Luján had spent $439,733 on his campaign as of May 14. Wiviott had spent more than $1.1 million, nearly all his own money, on his campaign for the seat.

Thursday was the deadline for congressional candidates in New Mexico to file campaign finance reports. These are the last full reports required before the June 3 primary

Although Luján's ads have bashed Wiviott as a "millionaire developer," he has taken contributions from developers. Among them are several members of the Cleveland-based Ratner family, which is still active in the management of Forest City Enterprises, a company involved in the development of Mesa del Sol in Albuquerque.

Among the Ratners giving to Luján are chief executive officer Charles Ratner ($1,300); Audrey Ratner ($3,000); Jonathan Ratner ($1,100); Kevin Ratner ($1,100); and Brian Ratner ($1,000). Barry Lang of Forest City Stapleton in Tucson gave Luján $1,875 while his wife, Janet Lang, gave the same amount. Gerald Wendel of Covington Capital LLC in Las Vegas, Nev., which also is involved in Mesa del Sol, gave $1,875.

Other developers giving to Luján are Jeff Branch of Santa Fe ($1,000) and David Maniatis of Dallas ($2,300).

Lobbyists continue to be a major source of funding for Luján's campaign. The most recent report includes contributions from Scott Scanland (who gave $2,300 last month for a total of $4,600 for the campaign). Bob Barberousse (who gave $500 last month for a total of $2,800); Maurice Bonal ($1,250); Dick Minzer ($200 this month, $2,500 total).

Other Luján contributors include the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters ($5,000 last month, $10,000 since Luján's campaign began); Laborers' Political League ($5,000); National Education Association ($5,000); American Federation of Teachers ($5,000); Ironworkers Political Action League ($1,000); racetrack and golf course owner R.D. Hubbard ($4,100); Sandy Buffet, executive director of Conservation Voters New Mexico ($3,500); David Poms, an insurance broker from Malibu, Calif. ($2,000); Patricia Madrid's 2006 congressional campaign ($1,300); New Mexico Finance Authority director Bill Sisneros ($1,000); former state Democratic Party chairman Earl Potter ($1,000); BGK Properties president Eddie Gilbert ($1,000); Taos contractor Amanda Tafoya ($1,000); League of Conservation Voters PAC ($1,000); Lifepoint Hospitals Inc. of Brentwood, Tenn. ($1,000); Waste Management PAC ($1,000); County Auditor Domingo Martinez ($850 this month for a total of $1,000) and Tourism Secretary Mike Cerletti ($250).

Besides himself, Wiviott's major contributors include Nestor Romero of The Payroll Co. Inc. in Albuquerque and his wife, Angela Romero of Regulatory Consultants.

Nestor Romero raised the eyebrows of the Legislative Finance Committee in 2005 when it was revealed his company had received fees totaling more than $10 million in the previous two years for performing examinations of insurance companies for the state Public Regulation Commission Commission's Insurance Division under then-Superintendent Eric Serna. Under the state's system, the examiner is paid by the insurance companies instead of state funds. Romero's company has performed 90 percent of the insurance examinations since 2003 through no-bid contracts.

The LFC expressed concern because Romero's company was hired without a formal bidding process.

Other Wiviott contributors include Santa Fe art dealer William Siegal ($1,000); Bruce Snow of Hillsborough, Calif. ($1,000); Foreign Traders Inc. owner Alex Tschursin ($1,000); consultant Michael Harris ($1,000); Peter Frank of Tesuque ($1,000); Gilbert, the BGK Realty president ($1,000); and R. H. Dillingham of Santa Fe ($1,000).

Other candidates have not collected or spent nearly as much as Luján and Wiviott.

Candidate Jon Adams, a former deputy attorney general, took in $5,213 between April 1 and May 14, for a total of $ 68,285. His biggest contribution was a $2,495.91 loan from himself. Adams has loaned himself more than $23,000 for the campaign. He has $12,279 cash on hand.

Dixon lawyer Rudy Martin reports contributions of $10,345 since April 1, which includes a $7,000 loan from himself. He reported $553 cash on hand. Martin's largest contributor was lawyer Ahmad Assed of Albuquerque.

Pre-primary reports for candidates Benny Shendo and Harry Montoya were unavailable Thursday evening. Montoya's campaign manager, Eli Senna, said the campaign has raised $30,000 to $40,000 in the last period and has $5,000 to $8,000 cash on hand.

Montoya did report a May 19 contribution of $1,000 from Rich Cangiolosi of Danville, Ill.

In the Senate race, Democrat Tom Udall, who is giving up his 3rd Congressional District seat, reported raising $728,211 between April 1 and May 14, 2008, bringing his total to more than $3 million. Udall, who recently began advertising on television, has $2,876,030 cash on hand. He does not have an opponent in the primary.

On the Republican side, U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce reported $357,000 since the beginning of April. He spent $964,784 and has $247,207 in the bank.

His rival, U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, reported $291,106 in contributions for the same period with $712,476 cash on hand.

Contact Steve Terrell at 986-3037 or sterrell@sfnewmexican.com.