WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the Toledo Democrat who faces a likely congressional primary battle against Cleveland's Dennis Kucinich, ended September with six times the campaign cash of her potential rival.

A report that Kaptur filed at the Federal Election Commission on Saturday morning showed she ended the fundraising quarter with $604,917 in the bank, compared with Kucinich's $90,253.

Kucinich, a former longshot presidential candidate with a national following, actually doubled Kaptur's quarterly fundraising take -- he raised $86,182 to Kaptur's $42,587 -- but his campaign spent more than it collected.

The bulk of Kucinich's $89,299 quarterly expenses went to pay a $52,474 debt that his 2004 presidential campaign owed the U.S. Treasury for using federal matching money after it was ineligible to do so.

He also spent more than $3,500 on travel to destinations including Seattle -- where Kucinich was contemplating a congressional run before Ohio's new congressional maps were unveiled. Kucinich paid $15,000 for website consulting to political strategist Joe Trippi, who orchestrated Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign.

Kaptur's campaign spent just $20,792 during the quarter. Her expenses included $14,000 to a Washington, D.C., fundraising firm, $736 at the House of Representatives gift shop for campaign donor and supporter gifts, and more than $300 at Costco for candy and refreshments to hand out at parades.

The only Republican candidate in the race to file a campaign finance report -- Cuyahoga County Republican Party Chairman Rob Frost -- raised $69,767 during the quarter and finished with $249,567 in the bank.

His $21,097 in expenses included more than $2,000 for a campaign consultant and about $5,000 for printing of T-shirts, yard signs and campaign materials. Roughly $500 of that went to a company called Kaptur Design in Lakewood. Presumably, they're no relation to Marcy.

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