SPRINGFIELD-State Treasurer Dan Rutherford, one of four Republicans running for governor, raked in nearly $393,000 during the final three months of 2013, his campaign disclosed Tuesday.
That amount left the Chenoa Republican with nearly $1.37 million in his political fund as of December 31, state campaign records showed.
Since Rutherford was the first gubernatorial candidate to file ahead of a Wednesday deadline to file quarterly campaign-disclosure reports, it was too early to tell how his warchest stacked up against other funds in the four-way Republican primary, including that belonging to wealthy private equity investor Bruce Rauner.
Rauner has pumped $2.24 million of his own funds into his campaign as of early January.
“We have a large number of contributors, unlike Rauner, who has large contributions,” Rutherford spokesperson Brian Sterling said. “We get letters every day from people who support Dan. What he’s doing is certainly more on the grassroots level, so if you look from that perspective, we’re doing good.”
The highest individual contribution among the $392,583 that rolled in to Rutherford’s campaign during the three-month period came from the T-N-T Truck and Trailer Service, a Lincoln-based roadside assistance business, which gave $20,500. One of the company’s bus operators, Paul Smith, also contributed $10,000.
