Here's a summary of what members of Congress had in their campaign accounts through September 2009. The remaining members of the state's delegation will be added to the list.

G.K. Butterfield: $231,000. 

Howard Coble: $525,000.

Bob Etheridge: $1 million.

Virginia Foxx: $1.1 million.

Larry Kissell: $244,000. Businessman Lou Huddleston has raised $57,641 from individuals and loaned himself $45,125. Tim D'Annunzio, who owns a skydiving business, has loaned himself $303,000 and raised $8,400. Hamlet resident Darrell Day has raised $30 and loaned himself $3,000. Republican Thomas Sweeney has not reported raising any money.

Patrick McHenry: $158,000. Iredell County Commissioner Scott Keadle has loaned himself $250,000 to challenge McHenry for the Republican nomination.

Brad Miller: $148,000. Challenger William Randall II has not reported raising any money.

David Price: $218,000. Republican challenger Frank Roche has raised $10,879, mostly through individual contributions. Republican George Hutchins has loaned himself $5,000.

Heath Shuler: $1.1 million.

U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler has $1.1 million in his campaign account through the end of September.

Shuler, a Waynesville Democrat, has received $366,000 since he was elected in 2008, according to federal campaign finance records.

Shuler received $178,236 from individual contributions and $171,050 from committees.

Contributors include Vincent Ney of San Antonio, president of payday lender GECC ($2,500); William Quinton of Powder Springs, Ga., president of C.W. Matthews Contracting; Independent Community Bankers of America PAC ($5,000) and a PAC of the American Resort Development Owners Association ($5,000).

Shuler, a member of the House's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, also received $5,000 contributions from PACs for rail companies Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail company and CSX as well as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.

In a blistering editorial Thursday morning, The Charlotte Observer took U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from Banner Elk, to the woodshed for comments she made on the House floor earlier this week that Americans had more to fear from the Democrats reforming health care than from any terrorist attack.

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx is a visible reminder of the Forrest Gump saying, "Stupid is as stupid does." Foxx has made so many gaffes since her first election to Congress in 2004 that it's more than just mildly embarrassing for North Carolina. It's find-an-island-to-ship-her-to embarrassing. And it's becoming how-can-voters-keep-electing-her embarrassing.

The editorial then goes on to recount a litany of statements and actions by Foxx it characterizes as either hypocritical or dumb, and then urges voters in her 5th district, which stretches from the Piedmont to the mountains, to turn her out of office in 2010.

Count that as a strong negative endorsement from the state's largest newspaper a year before the election. Maybe the congresswoman should reply with a box of chocolates.

NOT SO FAST: The N.C. Office of the Commissioner of Banks has proposed new regulations that would stop foreclosure once a homeowner asks for a loan modification. The rule would give homeowners more time to try to keep their homes. (N&O)

TO THE RIGHT: Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year. (AP)

TAX TALKS: Lawmakers met for the first of a series of meetings that will focus on proposals to overhaul the state's tax system. (AP) 

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx has $1.1 million in her campaign account, according to federal campaign finance records.

Foxx, a Banner Elk Republican, has received $322,000 during the current election cycle. Of her contributions, more than $252,000 were from individuals and more than $70,500 were from political action committees or other campaigns, records show.

Notable contributors include Richard V. Higgins of Taylorsville, president of gel-coating maker HK Research ($2,400); Robert Luddy of Wake Forest, president of kitchen ventilation company CaptiveAire; a political action committee of American Crystal Sugar Company of Moorhead, Minn., ($5,000) and a PAC of the National Beer Wholesalers Association in Alexandria, Va., ($2,500).

Federal elections records list no opponent for Foxx's seat.

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller has $148,348 in his campaign account.

Miller, a Raleigh Democrat, has raised $235,475 since 2007, according to federal campaign finance records. Miller raised $122,987 from individual contributions and $109,700 from political action committees. 

Notable contributors include Robert Page of Greensboro, president of Replacements, Ltd. ($2,400); Raleigh lawyer John T. Orcutt ($2,400) and the trades union United Association ($5,000).

Republican William Randall II has not reported raising any money.

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry has raised $340,000 in his bid for re-election.

McHenry, a Cherryville Republican, has $158,000 in his campaign account, according to federal election records. McHenry received $200,000 in political action committee contributions and $139,000 from individuals.

Iredell County Commissioner Scott Keadle has loaned himself $250,000 to challenge McHenry for the Republican nomination.

Notable contributors to McHenry include George Johnson of South Carolina, the CEO of Extended Stay America hotels ($2,400); Robert Gallagher of Charlotte, the CEO of Good Will Publishing ($2,400); the American Society of Anesthesiologists ($5,000) and a PricewaterhouseCoopers committee ($5,000).

U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge has $1,006,000 in his campaign account.

Etheridge, a Lillington Democrat, has no opponents yet in next year's Congressional elections. Democrats have been courting Etheridge to consider a run against Republican Sen. Richard Burr.

Since 2007, Etheridge has received $480,000 in contributions, mostly through political action committees, according to federal campaign finance records. Individuals have contributed $165,000. Notable contributors include Jerry Smith, CEO of Le Bleu water company ($2,400); Rickie Day, owner of Carolina Specialty Towing ($2,400); a cotton producers PAC ($5,000) and a PAC of the International Union of Operating Engineers ($5,000). 

U.S. Rep. David Price has $218,586 on hand for his campaign to keep his seat.

Since 2007, the Chapel Hill Democrat has raised $73,000, mostly from Political Action Committees, according to federal campaign finance records.

Republican challenger Frank Roche has raised $10,879, mostly through individual contributions. Republican George Hutchins has loaned himself $5,000.

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry will face two opponents from his own party.

McHenry, a Cherryville Republican, has upped his profile in recent months with attacks against ACORN and President Barack Obama's "czars." 

The district is as safe as it gets for Republicans and so McHenry's real challenge will come in the primary, reports The (Morganton) News Herald.

Vance Patterson, 59, an entrepreneur announced his candidacy last week. Patterson will also have to best Iredell County Commission Scott Keadle, a Salisbury dentist who is also running for the seat.