Darcy Burner's congressional campaign will report contributions of $304,901 for the third-quarter of the year. That brings the Democratic challenger's total for the year to $518,630, according to numbers released by campaign spokesman Sandeep Kaushik.

Burner raised a little less than $200,000 last quarter. Kaushik says the new total exceeded expectations and the campaign hopes it's enough to put Burner among the top funded challengers nationally.

That includes money raised in a national, on-line campaign run in September when President Bush was here raising money for incumbent Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Auburn.