Last Friday was the second of five dates (January 31, March 10, June 10, July 31 and August 10) on which declared candidates for public office in the District have to detail their fundraising efforts and campaign expenditures.

Last we checked, Adrian Fenty and Linda Cropp were fundraising like champions, helping make the race the most expensive in District history, with more than $2.3 million raised by the five mayoral candidates as of mid-February.

The most recent reports show more of the same — Cropp and Fenty are raking in the contributions; Marie Johns continues to surprise political types with her consistent fundraising; Vincent Orange’s campaign remains expensive, some say unsustainably so; and Michael Brown remains last in the size of his bank account.

But Cropp took the real lead on fundraising and spending during this reporting period (February 1-March 10), raising $487,750.88 and spending $135,571.05. Comparatively, Fenty collected only $222,579 and spent $66,436.28, though he remained competitive in the amount of cash he had available, stocking $776,728.78 to Cropp’s $804,700.97. Orange continues to be the big-spender of the campaign — he has stated that his run is costing $25,000 a month — while Johns is the frugal one of the bunch, spending only $26,417.97 in the reporting period and being left with $179,995.18 on hand. Brown is going to have to keep his campaign cheap, having only $11,864.46 left to work with. So far, more than $1.3 million has been spent by the five mayoral candidates.

These are good days for political consultants, District printing shops and local caterers, apparently.