Rob Bishop, Incumbent, R, 1st District

l Amount Raised (July 1-Sept. 30) : $24,100

l Amount on hand as of Sept. 30 : $29,282

Pete Ashdown, challenger, D, U.S. Senate

l Amount Raised (July1-Sept. 30) : $22,621

l Amount on hand as of Sept. 30: -$140

Orrin Hatch, Incumbent, R, U.S. Senate

l Amount Raised (July 1-Sept. 30) : $388,265

l Amount on Hand as of Sept. 30: $1.9 million WASHINGTON - Rep. Jim Matheson continued robust fundraising over the past several months, despite threats from labor unions to cut off the cash flow to Democrats who helped pass the Central American Free Trade Agreement in July.

The labor well still supplies the third-term Democrat, although contributions from what has been his largest donor appear to have slowed to a trickle.

“I actually don't agree with the characterization that I've been cut off. There has been funding coming in and will continue to come in,” Matheson said Friday.

Matheson received just $6,500 from labor unions since the July 28 vote to pass CAFTA, according to his campaign financial disclosure filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday.

Nonetheless, Matheson eclipsed his fundraising mark for the same period in the last election cycle, raising $178,000 between July 1 and Sept. 30. He also has $485,000 in his campaign account, putting him about $60,000 ahead of where he was at this point in the last election cycle.

There is, however, lingering resentment from Matheson's support of CAFTA, which is designed to encourage trade with the Central American countries - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic.

Unions argued it would drive American manufacturing jobs out of the country and they threatened not to help re-elect endangered Democrats who backed the trade deal. The agreement passed by a 217-215 vote with 15 Democrats, including Matheson, voting in favor.

“I know our spigot was turned off,” said Jeff Zack, spokesman for the International Association of Fire Fighters. “There may have been [contributions] before, but there haven't been any since, and there won't be.”

The firefighters union had already given $7,500 to Matheson before the CAFTA vote, out of a maximum $10,000 for the election cycle. In all, labor had given $83,000 to Matheson's campaign from Jan. 1 until the July 28 vote, according to data compiled by PoliticalMoneyline.com.

Organized labor gave $277,000 to Matheson's 2004 campaign.

Amy Walter, who tracks House races for The Cook Political Report, said Matheson is unlikely to be seriously damaged from a union backlash, if there is one, since he has a deeper, more secure fundraising base than a first-term candidate might.

“And politically, it certainly does not hurt Jim Matheson to look like he's voting against labor unions in that district,” Walter said. “So ultimately, the money part from labor is one, theoretically, that could get offset by fundraising from the business community, or, two, he has enough other sources to go to now that it does not make up such an important part of his overall fundraising.”

She said it is also clear that a more pro-labor Democrat would not be able to win in Matheson's district. "You either have Jim Matheson or you don't have anybody."

Matheson said not enough time has passed since the CAFTA vote to draw any conclusions about who will and will not support his campaign. He expects those who backed him in his last election will be with him once again.

“I don't fear that there is some big cutoff of funding from whoever,” Matheson said. “But you know what? It doesn't matter. I always vote based on what I think is the right thing to do. If they want to support me that's great. If not, that's their decision.”

Matheson has only one declared challenger, little-known businessman Joe Tucker. KSL radio host Doug Wright is also being urged to run and state Rep. LaVar Christensen, R-Draper, is rumored to be considering getting in.

In Utah's 3rd District, Rep. Chris Cannon reported raising $48,180 for the quarter and having $70,333 in his bank account, with more than $5,000 in debts. That leaves him with a relatively small war chest as he faces one declared challenger, John D. Jacob, a millionaire real estate developer, and potentially State Sen. Curt Bramble, who has said he is considering a challenge.

Rep. Rob Bishop had not filed his report as of Friday evening.