Despite pending felony charges and drooping opinion surveys, the Salt Lake County mayor still tops her opponents in fund-raising. She reported Tuesday that she has raked in more than $819,000 in contributions.

And she still has $229,000 in the bank.

Front-runner Peter Corroon hasn't even raised that much.

The Democrat took in about $213,000 in all, but has less than $80,000 left.

And unaffiliated candidate Merrill Cook still is trying to reach $22,000.

Workman's war chest has been swelled by several $5,000 and $10,000 checks from ski resorts and developers. The mayor's top contributor, not including in-kind gifts, is still the county's lobbyists. The Tetrus Group has forked over more than $23,000.

Solitude Ski Resort and its owner Gary Deseelhorst have chipped in more than $20,000. Added together, all ski-resort contributions now reach $36,250.

The mayor's campaign account leaves her with a good chunk of money to buy more television commercials and radio spots. She already has spent about $45,000 on newspaper and radio ads and $125,000 on TV ads. The bulk of her money has been spent raising more money.

Campaign manager Chris Bleak says the re-election effort financially is in a good spot.

"In fact, we're actually very confident and happy with how fund-raising is going," Bleak said. He added that donations still are coming in despite two felony charges that have been filed against the mayor, who has been placed on paid leave.

The campaign brought in about $2,000 in the nine days since a panel of prosecutors said there was sufficient evidence to support second- and third-degree felonies of misuse of public money against the mayor.

Contributions to Corroon's campaign have increased of late, with the Democrat pulling in scores of $100 checks. The campaign says more than $10,000 has come in from its Web site, which allows online donations.

The Utah State Democratic Committee Coordinated Campaign gave Corroon his biggest boost with $32,000. Downtown Salt Lake City club Port O' Call tossed in $5,000, and Corroon's first cousin and former presidential candidate Howard Dean gave $5,000 through his Democracy for America political action committee.

Democratic District Attorney David Yocom - who Workman has said is politically motivated in investigating her - gave Corroon $100, but that was matched later by Workman's new private attorney, Greg Skordas, who is also the Democratic candidate for Utah attorney general.

Corroon campaign spokesman Russell Kennedy says fund-raising is going well.

"There's no doubt we'll have the money to be competitive and run the campaign as we expected," he said. As for the Democratic Party donation, Kennedy said, "We think the party believes this is a race we can win and is important to win."

Meanwhile, Cook, while topping the mayor in the latest poll, took in less than $17,000 since June 15. Friends gave a few $1,000 checks, while Cook's wife, Camille, gave nearly $3,000 in the form of a loan and in-kind contribution.

He says the fund-raising will improve enough for him to buy radio and television spots.

"It's been difficult to this point," Cook said, "but there are clear signs that we're breaking through."

Green Party's Diana Lee Hirschi - who has withdrawn from the race - took in $3,500 in the last three months and spent $2,515. Personal Choice Party challenger F. Joseph Irish has filed to run as a small-budget campaign, meaning he doesn't have to file disclosures unless he raises or spends more than $2,000.

tburr@sltrib.com