Dan Seals

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore): Campaign PhotoAccording to his Federal Elections Commission report, the campaign committee of Seventh district Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore) made $47,420 in political donations in the second financial quarter of 2008, a third of what he raised.

Cummings dispersed the majority of his political donations to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, with $28,000 made to the national committee in three transfers.

He sent $2,000 each to to First district Democrat Frank Kratovil and Congressional Black Caucus chair and Michigan Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.

Seventh district Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore) finished the second financial quarter of 2008 with $687,579, growing his warchest from $630,247 in February.

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore): Campaign PhotoThe seven-term incumbent raised over $128,000 in the quarter, which began in April and ended June 30 and spent less than $29,000.

His committee had few costs in way of expenditures, with much of it going towards donations to organizations and several Democratic candidates around the country, including $2,000 to First district hopeful Frank Kratovil (D-Stevensville).

Filling his duties as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Chris Van Hollen is making trips to Michigan and Illinois this week.

Today will be spent focusing on the economy with Mark Schauer (challenging freshman Rep. Tim Walburg) and Gary Peters (challenging eight-term GOP Rep. Joe Knollenberg), followed by an Iraq event with Dan Seals (challenging four-term Rep. Mark Kirk) tomorrow.