Hickenlooper's HUGE Haul: $1.1 Million

Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper will report some $1.1 million raised in the first part of 2010. Release follows, says spokesman George Merritt, "John Hickenlooper did not enter the race for governor until Jan. 16 and still needed to assemble a staff. Thanks to our enthusiastic support across the state, we were able to overcome that disadvantage."

Damn right they did. This is the superb fundraising prowess we knew Hickenlooper would unleash on this race, and he didn't disappoint. We've heard rumors that GOP opponent Scott McInnis' take was also not too shabby not nearly enough, the rumor we heard was considerably more (see update below)--it's going to need to be a figure of the kind we've never seen from him before to stay competitive against Hickenlooper's now-clear advantage.

http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/12303/hickenloopers-huge-q1-11-million