Mike Hargadon

Mike Hargadon, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore) for his MD-7 seat, reported raising $6,583.95  in contributions in the second quarter and had $4,702.43 cash on hand according to Federal Election Commission reports.

Hargadon has raised $8,458.95 in total contributions to date for this election.

His opponent, Elijah Cummings is currently serving his seventh term in the U.S. House and currently has $688,000 cash on hand.

SAVAGE--Times have changed for Dr. Mike Hargadon (R-Woodstock).

Dr. MIke HargadonBack in December, the career dentist told PolitickerMD.com that he did not “intend to raise money or make a serious challenge” to Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore) in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. Six months later, with a small campaign team behind him, Hargadon is moving forward, and held his first significant fundraiser before a crowd of a few dozen supporters Friday night in Savage.

“This is the first time we’re trying to do something on this scale,” Hargadon told PolitickerMD.com.

Asked about his previous comments, Hargadon said, “At that time I did not have a committee. I didn’t expect that I would be able to raise money.”

Ron Paul's supporters are getting on the ballot all over the stateYet another Ron Paul supporter is running for Congress in a safe Democratic district's nearly clear Republican primary field.

Mike Hargadon, a retired* dentist from Woodstock, filed his papers of candidacy last week to challenge six-term incumbent Rep. Elijah Cummings in the 7th District. He most recently stood for election in 2006 as a registered write-in candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and has served as Northern Regional Coordinator for the Maryland Constitution Party.

Hargadon is the third known supporter of Rep. Paul's presidential candidacy to have a strong chance at being the Republican nominee in an overwhelmingly Democratic Maryland congressional district.

When asked about his candidacy, Hargadon told PolitickerMD.com, "I placed my name on the ballot to give people a choice." But he also acknowledged, "I do not intend to raise money or make a serious challenge to Congressman Cummings."

Hargadon takes most of his campaign platform from that of the person he is supporting for president.