Besse raised $92,000 by mid-April

Dan Besse received $92,285 in contributions by mid-April of 2008.

The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor received $10,381 during the first quarter of the year, according to his most recent campaign finance report.

Major donors included Blowing Rock therapist Marjory Holder and Greensboro retiree William Knox.

He received $1,000 from the Conservation Council of North Carolina and $100 from Greensboro City Council candidate Joel Landau.

Previously, he loaned his campaign $50,000 and Winston-Salem retiree Kay House loaned him $4,000.

He spent $20,831 in the first quarter of the year on yard signs, office expenses and polling.

That left him with $111,952 in cash on hand at the end of the quarter.