Democrat David Seligman’s campaign for Colorado attorney general said it raised more than $250,000 in the 24 hours after launching his run — toppling the record set only a month earlier by one of his primary rivals for a single day’s fundraising by a state-level candidate.

The previous 24-hour high-dollar mark was achieved by term-limited Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who reported hauling in more than $185,000 from 869 contributions in the 24-hour period after announcing her campaign for attorney general on April 8.

A spokeswoman for Seligman told Colorado Politics that the first-time candidate’s campaign received contributions from nearly 600 donors from around 4 p.m. Monday through the same time on Tuesday.

Although he didn’t formally announce his much-anticipated candidacy until Tuesday morning, Colorado Politics and at least one other media outlet posted links to Seligman’s campaign website Monday night after discovering it had gone live.

Seligman, a nationally prominent workers’ and consumer rights attorney, runs the Denver-based nonprofit legal organization Towards Justice.

In an email to supporters, Seligman said his campaign’s strong fundraising out of the gate demonstrates that Coloradans “are ready for an attorney general who will fight for us; not the powerful, not the billionaires, and not the far-right extremists trying to rewrite the rules for themselves.”

Griswold and Seligman are among four Democrats running in next year’s election for the chance to take over after Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser faces term limits. Weiser is seeking his party’s 2026 nomination for governor.

The other Democrats running for Weiser’s position are Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty and former state House Speaker Crisanta Duran, who both got in the race during the year’s first quarter and so they were required to file campaign finance reports on April 15.

According to their filings, Dougherty raised $155,406, including $390 in in-kind contributions, from Feb. 24 through last day of March, while Duran took in $36,538 from Feb. 27 through the end of the quarter.

Dougherty finished the fundraising period with $137,243 on hand, including a candidate loan of just over $10,000. Duran finished the period with $22,440 in the bank.

Neither Seligman’s nor Griswold’s initial quarterly campaign finance reports are due until July 15.

The lone Republican running to replace Weiser, political newcomer Connor Pennington, didn’t enter the race until after the start of the second quarter, so his first report isn’t due until July, either.

Both primary fields are expected to grow. On the Democratic side, former Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General Hetal J. Doshi appears to be nearing a run, while Republicans eyeing the race include Assistant House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese, R-Colorado Springs, and El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen.