Eight figures?

John Edwards is bringing in the big guns for one last push before the second quarter ends.

The former North Carolina senator is calling together some of his biggest supporters, including former Gov. Jim Hunt, Raleigh attorney David Kirby and former UNC-Chapel Hill basketball coach Dean Smith, for one final push to raise money, Rob Christensen reports.

Edwards has scheduled a high dollar fund raiser for Saturday, June 30, at the home of Steve and Louise Coggins, neighbors of his summer homat on Figure 8 Island. The event will cost $2,300 for hosts, $1,000 for sponsors and $500 for patrons.

His campaign raised $14 million in the first quarter, but reportedly may have trouble matching that figure for the second quarter as it seeks to stay competitive with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

A list of the major attendees after the jump.

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Among the host commitee are Fayetteville trial attorney Wade Byrd, Chapel Hill developer Michael Cucchiara & his wife, Marty Hayes; Julius Chambers, former chancellor of N.C. Central University; Frank Daniels, former publisher of The News and Observer, and his wife Julia; former U.S. Ambassador Mark Erwin of Charlotte and his wife Joan; Raleigh attorney David Kirby and his wife Lyn; former state Democratic Chairman Tom Hendrickson and his wife Jill; former Gov. Jim Hunt and his wife Carolyn, former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Burley Mitchell, Jim Phillips, chairman of the UNC Board of Governors and his wife Susan; former Glaxo executive Charles Sanders, former Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith and his wife Linnea, Raleigh defense attorney Wade Smith and his wife Ann.; former state Sen. Tom Taft and his wife Liz; Raleigh attorney Ed Turlington and his wife Marla.