U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has a new chief fundraiser for her re-election campaign.

J. Sam Daniels left the campaign about a month ago, Dole's campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley said Tuesday. Daniels had served as finance director for about two months and had previously been the campaign manager, David Ingram reports.

"It had gotten to the point, as campaigns do, where he was missing time with his family," Gidley said, adding that Daniels had been working seven days a week.

Gidley said the change was not related to the campaign's finances. In the second quarter of 2008, Dole raised $1.69 million while her Democratic opponent Kay Hagan raised $1.54 million.

Replacing Daniels is James Earp, who previously was the N.C. Chamber's vice president for business development. Earp also worked on Dole's 2002 campaign.