The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that former GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee “has been writing checks and headlining fundraisers across the country to support like-minded politicians,” as he promised to do when he ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Huckabee’s two political action committees have donated more than $ 52,000 to 28 Republicans, including Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., and John E. Sununu, R-N.H. “There was one glitch. Among the PAC’s donations was a $2,300 contribution” to Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, who “is famous for earmarks, so-called pork-barrel spending that angers some conservatives. Many Huckabee supporters used his Web site to criticize the endorsement.”

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that Rep. Tim Mahoney, D-Fla., once seen as highly vulnerable, “has raised almost $2.5 million for his campaign, boosting his chances for re-election.” And Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., “who faces his toughest challenge since he came to Congress, has raised more than $1.1 million, according to reports released on Wednesday by the Federal Election Commission. Diaz-Balart has about $1.75 million of available cash, including money left over from previous campaigns.”