Three of the Democratic 1st District congressional hopefuls have filed their end-of-the-year fund-raising reports with the Federal Election Commission.

Michael Brennan, the former state Senate majority leader from Portland, reports raising $41,560.92 between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2007. He also had $82,239.33 in cash on hand at the end of the year.

Steve Meister, a Winthrop doctor, raised $40,451.37 in the last three months of 2007. He reports $39,639.19 in cash on hand.

Those two entrants have been trailing the rest of the Democratic field in fund-raising.

Adam Cote, a Portland lawyer whose end-of-year report was filed earlier this month, raised $92,059 in the last quarter of 2007, and had $192,197 in cash on hand at the end of the year.

We're still waiting for end-of-the-year filings from Chellie Pingree of North Haven, the fund-raising leader through Sept. 30; Ethan Strimling of Portland; and Mark Lawrence of South Berwick.

Republicans Dean Scontras and Charlie Summers have yet to report their fund-raising totals, either.

The filing deadline is midnight tonight. Look for more here tomorrow.

LATE UPDATE: I've corrected Cote's fund-raising total for the last quarter of 2007. The correct figure is $92,059.

– Kevin Wack

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