CLEVELAND, Ohio – In a last-minute effort to infuse some serious cash into his campaign for governor, Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine loaned himself $3 million, but he was out-raised in individual contributions by Democratic former federal consumer watchdog Richard Cordray.

DeWine’s loan to himself is the second of this cycle after putting $1 million of his own money into the race last year. Already a record-breaking election cycle, the fundraising figures from Thursday’s campaign finance reports drive the total sum raised by the gubernatorial candidates to more than $44 million – including the independently wealthy DeWine’s $4 million total in loans to himself.

But it was Cordray – and most of the down ballot Democrats – who raised more in campaign contributions from individual donors in the final reporting period before the Nov. 6 general election. However, DeWine enters the final days of the campaign with a significant cash-on-hand advantage in a close race.

Cordray reported raising around $1.9 million, including $250,000 in in-kind contributions, putting his total for the campaign cycle at more than $15.5 million. He reported $1.1 million cash on hand.

DeWine reported raising more than $1.2 million as well as more than $200,000 in in-kind contributions, bringing his total for the election to $28.7 million. He reported more than $6 million cash on- and.

The loan gives DeWine the capital needed to continue with a television ad blitz around the state in the run-up to the election if he so chooses.

Cordray’s campaign said in a news release that Cordray received nearly 15,000 individual contributions during the reporting period from Oct. 1-17, nearly 10 times as many as DeWine over roughly the same period.

“Mike DeWine’s playbook of false attacks funded by health insurance and drug companies clearly isn’t resonating with Ohio voters, so DeWine’s desperately trying to bail out his campaign in the closing days of this race,” said Michael Halle, Cordray’s campaign manager.

The DeWine campaign pointed out that a cleveland.com analysis found 88 percent of DeWine’s contributions came from within Ohio, while 63 percent of Cordray’s came from within the state.

“As the election nears its final days, we are seeing that one campaign is being financed by out-of-state money and special interest groups, while our campaign continues to be funded by Ohioans,” DeWine said in the release.

DeWine’s campaign declined to comment on the loan.

Democrats in the down ballot races also outpaced their Republican opponents in fundraising, save for the auditor’s race.

Those figures are as follows:

Attorney general

Steve Dettelbach, Democrat:

$830,079.83 in contributions

$2,991,551.59 in expenditures

$2,624,826.04 cash on hand

Dave Yost, Republican:

$316,858.50 in contributions

$1,952,938.90 in expenditures

$2,186,564.66 cash on hand

Secretary of State

Kathleen Clyde, Democrat:

$386,357.07 in contributions

$1,993,321.54 in expenditures

$472,177.22 cash on hand

Frank LaRose, Republican:

$280,204.72 in contributions

$1,498,007.76 in expenditures

$636,360.16 cash on hand

Auditor

Zack Space, Democrat:

$200,685.31 in contributions

$753,288.46 in expenditures

$699,873.91 cash on hand

Keith Faber, Republican:

$225,699.00 in contributions

$723,069.73 in expenditures

$852,656.10 cash-on-hand

Treasurer

Rob Richardson, Democrat:

$203,886.13 in contributions

$430,873 in expenditures

$1,195,474.08 cash on hand

Robert Sprague, Republican:

$172,153.11 in contributions

$763,447.11 in expenditures