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Wednesday Fundraising Update

DE SEN: New Castle Co. exec. Chris Coons (D) raised $635K in his first month in the race, CongressDaily's Erin McPike reports.

FL SEN: Ex-FL House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) raised a whopping $3.6M in the first quarter, though he's not saying how much money he's retained after the first quarter. FL Gov. Charlie Crist (R) and Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) haven't released their numbers yet.

IL SEN: Rep. Mark Kirk (R) has raised $2.2M to kick off the year, bringing his total raised to $6.6M. He has more than $3M in the bank, according to his campaign, after spending on some TV ads during the primary.

IL 10: '06/'08 nominee Dan Seals (D) raised $634K in the first quarter, leaving him with almost $460K in the bank after he won a competitive primary on Feb. 2. On Monday, we told you businessman Bob Dold (R) had raised $504K.

KS 03: State Rep. Kevin Yoder (R), one of 7 GOPers in the race, said he'd pulled in $267K in the last 3 months.

MA 10: Ex-Treas. Joe Malone (R) raised $96K since announcing his bid March 21, ending the quarter with $71K in the bank. Malone had been exploring a race since late Jan.

PA 15: Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan (D) pulled in $320K in the first quarter and has more than $825K in the bank for his race against Rep. Charlie Dent (R).

PA GOV: AG Tom Corbett (R) raised $1.77M during the first quarter, ending with $4M cash on hand. Allegheny Co. exec. Dan Onorato (D) pulled in $1.1M during the same time. The leading Dem has $6.7M left in the bank. State Sen. Anthony Williams (D) raised $1.7M and has $1.5M left over, while Aud. Jack Wagner (D) raised $219K and had $673K left in the bank. Montgomery Co. Commis./ex-Rep. Joe Hoeffel (D) pulled in $239K and has just $101K left on hand. Source: Allentown Morning Call.

FL GOV: AG Bill McCollum's (R) campaign pulled in $1.4M in the first quarter, according to a release. CFO Alex Sink (D) said her campaign pulled in $1.1M.