York County Commissioner Chris Reilly has raised the most money for the race for the 4th Congressional District, but all nine of the candidates combined haven't raised the $1 million one pundit said would be needed for the race.

Reilly raised $192,100, with state Rep. Scott Perry coming in a distant second with $108,940, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission last week.

Reilly has also outspent all of the candidates, spending about $85,000 promoting his campaign. Perry has spent about $25,000.

Political analyst Terry Madonna said Republican candidates are likely to spend a lot of their remaining cash in the coming week, blitzing the area's voters before the April 24 primary. There are seven Republicans in the race, with each trying to distinguish himself and pull ahead with support from undecided voters.

Though Pennsylvania has million-dollar congressional elections, this won't be one of them, Madonna said.

"($192,000) is a lot of money, but not in the world of campaigning. They might just be using other ways to communicate," Madonna said. "Even with the support of wealthy voters, you can't have someone come along and drop $200,000 into a candidate ... because of campaign contribution limits."

He said candidates seem to be focusing on grassroots activism, though many have sent campaign mailers and some have bought television and radio time.

"I think what's going on is this is a relatively low-budget campaign trying to use more traditional means, shoe leather and support from organizations, using the social media," he said. "It looks like that's going to be the nature of this race."

What they raised: In order of amount, campaign contributions filed with the Federal Election Commission through the first week of April are as follows:

Democrats

Ken Lee

Total contributions: $7,500

Cash on hand: $6,040

Debt: $840

Harry Perkinson

Total contributions: $7,230

Cash on hand: $11,300

Debt: $15,000 (which Lee lent his campaign)

Republicans

Chris Reilly

Total contributions: $192,100

Cash on hand: $107,130

Debt: $0

Scott Perry

Total contributions: $108,940

Cash on hand: $84,080

Debt: $20,000 (which Perry lent his campaign)

Sean Summers

Total contributions: $71,220

Cash on hand: $16,730

Debt: $12,000 (which Summers lent his campaign)

Mark Swomley

Total contributions: $23,780

Cash on hand: $17,600

Debt: $0

Eric Martin

Total contributions: $9,900

Cash on hand: $1,640

Debt: $0

Republican candidates Ted Waga and Kevin Downs and Libertarian Mike Koffenberger did not file reports, which are needed only for candidates raising $5,000 or more. - Reach Christina Kauffman at 505-5436, ckauffman@yorkdispatch.com, or follow her on Twitter at @YDYorkCounty.