John C. Brooks received $5,879 by mid-April of 2008.

The candidate for the Democratic nomination for labor commissioner received donations from just nine donors, all of whom he listed on his most recent campaign finance report.

The largest donations came from UNC-Chapel Hill professor Frederick P. Brooks Jr., who gave $2,000, and Kinston farmer Henry Frank Brooks, who gave $1,000. 

At the same time, he spent $4,005 on political consulting and a studio photographer. 

That left him with $1,873 in cash on hand as of the reporting date.