Alabama Republican attorney general candidate Katherine Robertson received $368,751 in campaign contributions in March, slightly more than fellow GOP candidate Jay Mitchell’s $350,675, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday.
The two are in one of the tightest fundraising and scrappiest primary contests of this election cycle. His fundraising totals $3.58 million to date; hers is $3.49 million.
Robertson, chief counsel for current attorney general Steve Marshall, received last month $150,000 from Frontline Leaders Action, a 501(c)(4) based in Virginia. The same nonprofit gave Robertson $300,000 in January.
Support for Mitchell, a former Alabama Supreme Court associate justice, included $25,000 from the Alabama Realtors Association political action committee, which endorsed him last week.
As of the latest reporting, Mitchell had $2.6 million on hand; Robertson had $2 million; Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey had $591,073.
Robertson has led spending at $1.4 million compared to Mitchell’s $938,990 and Casey’s $66,499.