Topeka ? Gov. Kathleen Sebelius didn’t take a breather from fund raising after her election.

In 2003, after her November 2002 victory, Sebelius raised $442,129 in contributions — mostly in $1,000-plus donations — and spent $336,797 — mostly on political consultants, according to her recently filed campaign finance report.

And at the outset of 2004, Sebelius has $173,184 cash on hand in her campaign account, which includes money from previous reporting periods.

The finance report showed that Sebelius received more than 300 contributions of $1,000 or more from a wide variety of interests, including American Indian tribes, lobbyists, political action committees, labor groups, highway builders and agricultural groups.

Some of those $1,000 contributors included Lawrence residents, such as Paula Greathouse, a Democratic Party advocate, and Nelson Krueger, a lobbyist.

Sebelius, a Democrat, received $2,000 each from Archer Daniels Midland, DeBruce Grain, Medical Center Pharmacy, Sprint, United Transportation, Heavy Construction Assn., the Women’s Political Committee Caucus in Los Angeles, Southwest Commercial Realty in Coppell, Texas, Overland Park attorney Jim Zakoura, and others.

And her expense side of the ledger showed ongoing campaign work during the off-season.

Sebelius paid more than $200,000 in fees to various political consultants.

Cooper and Sechrist Assn. Inc. of Alexandria, Va., received more than $90,000; Cunningham, Harris & Associates Inc. of Ripley, W.Va., received more than $80,000; and Dixon/Davis Media Group, based in Washington, D.C., received more than $40,000.

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In addition, Sebelius paid $31,000 to the Kansas Speedway Corp. for the location and catering of a fund-raising event.

Sebelius also paid back the state several times for use of state-owned aircraft.

For example, she paid $5,323 for use of the state-owned aircraft to go to the Democratic Governor’s Assn. meeting in November.

“Any time the governor’s trip is solely for a Democratic Party function, she reimburses the state,” Sebelius spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran said.

Corcoran said the Kansas Highway Patrol “strongly suggest the use of the state plane” when the governor travels.

In other reports, Atty. Gen. Phill Kline, who also was elected in November 2002, raised $129,528 in 2003, and spent $46,618. He has $94,626 on hand, which includes funds from other periods.

He received $2,000 each from Brittany Development, Brittany Ridge, Brittany Savings, Bell Development and DDK Development, for a total of $10,000. The businesses list the same address in Olathe.

Whitney Watson, a spokesman for Kline, said the businesses were owned by a family who are “longtime friends of the attorney general.”