Also among 11 contributors who gave more than $1,000 were former U.S. Sen. Bill Armstrong ($5,000) and Don Hodel, once energy secretary and interior secretary under President Ronald Reagan ($2,500). Hodel once headed Focus on the Family.

The organization listed more than $30,000 in expenditures, mostly for consulting fees, postage and advertising.

"Basically, the first quarter is about getting the grass roots organized," said executive director Jon Paul. "The first couple months of the campaign, there's not as much momentum. But that builds."

On the other side, the Gill Foundation Action Fund accounted for $55,000 of the $60,133 reported by Coloradans for Fairness Issue Committee. No other contributor gave more than $500.

