Here are summaries of the third quarter campaign finance reports as candidates for Tennessee Senate head into the home stretch:

TN-2
Ron Ramsey (R): Raised: $69,511, On hand: $248,704
Bill Jones (D): No report found

TN-4
Mike Williams (I): Raised: $43,916, On hand: $59,908
Mike Faulk (R): Raised: $48,384, On hand: $67,786

TN-6
Gary Farmer (D): Raised: $50, On hand: -$934
Jamie Woodson (R): Raised: $93,465, On hand: $270,626

TN-8
Doug Overbey (R): Raised: $36,300, On hand: $36,971
Doc Lapides (I): Raised: $595, On hand: $2,379

TN-10
Andy Berke (D): Raised: $87,180, On hand: $134,946
Oscar Brown (R): Raised: $0, On hand: $100

TN-12
Becky Ruppe (D): Raised: $75,810, On hand: $114,509
Ken Yager (R): Raised: $67,245, On hand: $176,903
Christopher Fenner (I): Raised: $0, On hand: $0

TN-14
Eric Stewart (D): Raised: $107,671, On hand: $129,442
Mike Niederhauser (R): Raised: $31,238, On hand: $25,838

TN-16
Jim Tracy (R): Raised: $77,150 On hand: $320,166
Jean Anne Rogers (D): Raised: $51,886, On hand: $104,661

TN-18
Jim Hawkins (D): Raised: $57,206, On hand: $94,762
Diane Black (R): Raised: $40,752, On hand: $229,009

TN-20
Joe Haynes (D): Raised: $69,610, On hand: $215,497
David Hall (R): Raised: $7,429, On hand: $17

TN-22
Rosalind Kurita (I): Raised: $47,495, On hand: $75,579
Tim Barnes (D): Raised: $43,787, On hand: $37,801

TN-24
Roy Herron (D): Raised: $7,300, On hand: $331,744

TN-26
Randy Camp (D): Raised: $76,330, On hand: $124,508
Dolores Gresham (R): Raised: $208,885, On hand: $77,530

TN-28
Jim Kyle (D): Raised: $17,550, On hand: $121,230

TN-30
Beverly Marrero (D): Raised: $8,000, On hand: $19,319

TN-32
Mark Norris (R): Raised: $36,715, On hand: $128,217

By my calculations, the totals are:

Democrats: Raised: $602,380, On hand: $1,427,485
Republicans: Raised: $717,074, On hand: $1,581,867
Independents: Raised: $92,006, On hand: $137,866

There's more to it than just the numbers, and fundraising may be closer than it looks. For example, Democrats with little or no opposition outnumber Republicans six to four. Presumably, candidates with little or no opposition aren't working very hard at fundraising.

Also skewing the numbers, Republicans are pulling out all the stops for Dolores Gresham in the 26th district in hopes of taking retiring Sen. John Wilder's senate seat back from the Democrats. But recent revelations about Gresham receiving state grants that were pushed through by a committee she was on plus some embarrassing debate videos may have Republicans wishing they had fielded a different candidate or kept their powder dry to fight another day (or used it somewhere else).