CHASING DOLLARS

The race for congressional seats is in part a question of money, not to mention field operations. So here’s the lowdown (Cliff’s Notes style) on who raised the most in the first quarter of 2018 (and total to date) based on reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission. 11th District Democrats: Suneel Gupta, $407,110 ($934,511); Tim Greimel, $225,856 ($554,879); Haley Stevens, $185,058 ($842,537); Fayrouz Saad, $138,400 ($515,262); Dan Haberman, $58,894 ($259,367, including a $100,000 personal loan). 11th District Republicans: Lena Epstein, $145,094 ($1,486,035, including personal loan of $990,100); Klint Kesto, $110,781 ($255,616); Rocky Raczkowski, $99,620 ($199,620, including $100,000 personal loan); Mike Kowall, from February 2-March 31, $75,619 ($157,619, including $82,000 personal loan). 8th District Democrats: Elissa Slotkin, $801,000 ($1.7 million); Christopher Smith, $19,612 ($77,185). 8th District Republican: Mike Bishop, $456,777 ($1.55 million, including $86,399 personal loan and roughly $1 million in PAC donations). 9th District Democrats: Ellen Cogan Lipton, December 15-March 31, $501,102 ($501,102); Andy Levin, $386,358 ($510,927); Steve Bieda, $128,802 ($128,802); Martin Brook, $16,000 ($23,767). 9th District Republican: Candius Stearns, $20,264 ($129,000, including a $94,500 personal loan).