Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM), flexing her fundraising muscle after announcing her plans to run for Senate, will report more than three quarters of a million dollars on hand when her campaign files with the FEC next week.

Deputy finance director Heather Wade reports her boss pulled in $238,000 during the third quarter, giving her $908,000 raised on the year and with $754,000 left over. With Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez and Lieutenant Gov. Diane Denish each starting at about zero, numbers like that have to give Democrats pause. Rep. Tom Udall, the only potential candidate with a federal account already in use, bowed out of the race last week.

Rep. Steve Pearce, a more conservative Republican than Wilson, is on family vacation this weekend making a final decision about the race. His campaign reported $383,000 cash on hand at the end of the second quarter, in July. Pearce would benefit from the backing of the Club for Growth, a conservative anti-tax organization that has already sent out releases blasting what they call Wilson's "liberal record."

The possibility of a bloody primary is not one the NRSC hopes for, while the DSCC is still trying to coax a candidate into the race.