It’s a good month to be mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn.
The City Council speaker raised a jaw-dropping $1.32 million in the past six months, bringing her fundraising total for the 2013 mayor’s race to $4 million, sources close to her reported.
Quinn blew away competition in the field of likely Democratic mayoral contenders.
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer took in $655,000 and has $2.5 million in his account, according to a source close to Stringer.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio raised $675,000 this period and has raked in more than $1 million, though the amount he has left to spend is not yet clear.
Former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, who came within five points of beating Bloomberg in the 2009 mayoral race, will report raising $250,000 this period. His account has $300,000, with $50,000 transferred from his last bid.
A source close to Thompson said he raised the funds in only two months and called it “a very strong and favorable response.”
Current Comptroller John Liu’s aides did not respond to calls for comment.
“In the last month Chris Quinn helped pass marriage equality, saved thousands of teacher jobs, stopped 20 firehouses from being closed and now had her best fundraising period ever. She’s on a roll,” a Quinn aide said.
Quinn negotiated with Bloomberg and the United Federation of Teachers to halt the mayor’s threat to lay off 4,100 teachers, though many considered it an empty threat.
Bloomberg’s plan to shutter 20 fire companies also was regarded as hollow around City Hall – though Quinn’s negotiations helped keep each one of them open as many predicted four or five would shut down.
She also was a key advocate for marriage equality, lobbying aggressively in Albany as the first openly gay speaker of the council.
Quinn’s star rose when Anthony Weiner resigned his Congressional seat last month amidst an online sex scandal, though Weiner’s fundraising account for mayor remains active.
Any mayoral candidate participating in the public financing system can spend $6.7 million in the primary and $6.4 million in the general elections.