It was more than a month ago that Utah Sen. Bob Bennett was ousted in the state GOP convention, and there's now just more than a week to go until the GOP primary between attorney Mike Lee and businessman Tim Bridgewater.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, new FEC reports show Lee has raised $263,000 from mid-April to early June, compared with Bridgewater's $141,000.

However, Bridgewater's previous personal loans to the campaign, plus $55,000 he tossed in since the state convention, leave him with nearly $233,000 on hand, more than doubling Lee's $107,000.
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Bridgewater has loaned his campaign $391,745 so far -- more than $300,000 of which he gave before the May 8 convention -- leaving him with a substantial cash edge but a significant debt as well. Tiffany Gunnerson, Bridgewater's spokeswoman, said her boss doesn't plan to loan his campaign any more personal funds and that fundraising efforts are continuing.

Bridgewater got another piece of good news Thursday: Bennett will endorse him in the June 22 primary. While Bennett's support wouldn't have helped at the conservative convention last month, it could help draw the more moderate Republicans to Bridgewater in the primary.

The winner of the primary will likely cruise to election in Utah, perhaps the most Republican state in the country. John McCain won 63% here in 2008, and George W. Bush took 72% four years earlier. Utah hasn't had a Democratic senator since Republican Orrin Hatch defeated Democratic incumbent Frank Moss in 1976.

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