The total was less than one third what the Republican party pulled in during the month, and even less — by $3,000 — what it raised in June, according to its just-filed Federal Election Commission report.
The figures continue a trend that's put the Democrats at a big disadvantage as they fight to keep control of the state House of Representatives in November.
The Democrats ended the month with $120,000 in its treasury vs. $73,000 at the start of July, the report showed. That also put it way behind the Republicans, which finished July with $1.6 million, according to their July report, filed last week.
A big part of the Democrats woes is a lack of big, wealthy donors. Led by Papa John's founder and CEO John Schnatter and his wife, the Republicans attracted 10 donations of $10,000 each in July — the maximum.
But the biggest donation to the Democrats was $5,000 from Andrew Martin Jr. of Louisville, a consultant with McCarthy Strategic Solutions. Most of the rest were in the mid three-digits.
Updated at 11:45 a.m. The Courier-Journal's Tom Loftus has just explained a big infusion to the Democrats during July from a Hillary Clinton's political committee, the Hillary Victory Fund, totaling $793,000.