The race to replace two-term Attorney General Steve Marshall is shaping up as an expensive one, based on reports filed by the campaigns on Wednesday.

First-time candidate Katherine Robertson, Marshall’s chief counsel since 2017, raised $1.25 million since announcing her campaign three weeks ago.

Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell raised about $650,000 in June.

Both candidates reported $1.2 million balances in their campaign accounts.

Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey raised $41,140 in June and reported a campaign balance of $66,871.

All three are candidates for the Republican nomination to replace Marshall, who is running for the U.S. Senate.

Robertson’s contributions included $1 million from First Principles Action LLC, a nonprofit organization in Nashville.

First Principles Action was founded by Peter Bisbee, former executive director of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), according to Bisbee’s Linked-In profile.

In the 2018 attorney general race, a large contribution from the RAGA’s political action committee caused controversy for Marshall.

Marshall’s opponents claimed the $735,000 donation violated Alabama’s campaign finance law because the RAGA PAC had received money from other PACs, and Alabama’s law prohibits PAC-to-PAC transfers, which make it hard to know the original source of the money.

Marshall said at the time the law did not apply to federal PACs, like the RAGA PAC.

The Alabama Ethics Commission voted 3-2 against a probable cause finding in a complaint filed by former Attorney General Troy King, Marshall’s Republican opponent that year.

Marshall won the race and was reelected in 2022. Robertson has been his top assistant throughout his time as AG.

Besides the $1 million from First Principles Action, Robertson received more than 60 other donations in June, mostly from individuals in Alabama.

“I see this early support as affirmation of all that we have accomplished over the last eight-and-a-half years to make our state safer and our country freer,” Robertson said in a press release.

“With a great team behind me, I am ready to carry this early momentum all the way to the finish line next year.”

Mitchell reported a balance of $1.26 million, which includes $638,538 he transferred from his previous campaign when he was reelected to the Supreme Court last year.

“This early support is humbling and energizing,” Mitchell said in a press release. “It tells me that Alabamians are ready for a conservative fighter who will stand with President Trump and keep Alabama families safe.”

Casey, elected Blount County district attorney in 2010 and reelected twice, reported about 80 contributions totaling $41,140 in June.