Democrat Elisabeth Jensen raises, spends more than $100,000 in first quarter

Congressional candidate Elisabeth Jensen ended the first quarter of 2014 in about the same cash position she started after raising and spending more than $100,000 in the first three months of the year.

Jensen, the likely Democratic nominee to face off against Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr in Central Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, continues to lag Barr in fundraising.

Jensen raised more than $126,000 in the quarter, according to the Federal Election Commission website, and she spent almost $105,000 in the same period.

Jensen had just more than $268,000 in cash on hand. She finished 2013 with about $245,000 in cash after making a personal loan to her campaign of $100,000.

Barr raised more than $361,000 in the first quarter and had more than $1.1 million in cash to spend.

In the May 20 Democratic primary, Jensen faces retired Lexington engineer Geoff Young, a former Green Party member. Young said earlier this month that he has lent his campaign $50,000, but there was no fundraising report available for his campaign on the FEC website on Wednesday morning.

This story was originally published April 16, 2014 at 11:56 AM with the headline "Democrat Elisabeth Jensen raises, spends more than $100,000 in first quarter."