One of the Republican candidates for the 2009 Attorney General race comments on his fundraising:

From the Washington Post Virginia Politics blog:

Sen. Ken Cuccinelli II (R-Fairfax), a candidate for attorney general next year, said today he expects to have between $80,000 and $100,000 in his campaign account by the end of the month.

State candidates have to file campaign finance reports for the period from January 1 to June 30 with the State Board of Elections next month. Cuccinelli calls his early fundraising a success because he doesn’t plan to fully ramp up his campaign until after the presidential and U.S. Senate races conclude in November.

“It’s hard to capture people’s attention, which is why we are focusing on the grassroots,” Cuccinelli said.

Cuccinelli estimates he will need to raise between $750,000 to $1 million to successfully compete for the Republican nomination. Former governor James S. Gilmore III spent a little under $1 million in his bid to win the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate this year.

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Other Republican candidates vying for the GOP nomination are former U.S. Attorney John Brownlee and former Arlington County School Board Chair David Foster.