From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage –

Lisa Murkowski brought in over a half million dollars in campaign contributions between April 1 and June 30, according to filings she’s making with the Federal Election Commission.

She reports a total of $2.37 million in the bank going into the Aug. 24 primary election.

Deadline to file quarterly reports with the FEC isn’t until tomorrow and I don’t have a full list of Murkowski contributors yet or numbers for her Republican primary opponent, Joe Miller.

But Murkowski’s summary page said she raised $501,419 in the three month period and spent nearly half as much over the same time.

Don Young is reporting $221,077 total cash in the bank. For the period between April 1 and June 30, he raised $151,284 but spent more than that.

The bulk of his spending was $150,000 to Hackney and Hackney for television ad buys.

Young didn’t report using any campaign cash for legal fees, and hasn’t this year, after spending over $1 million on a federal investigation that’s produced no charges.

Fundraising numbers for Young’s Republican primary opponent, Sheldon Fisher, aren’t in yet.