Sure, candidates for the general election in November are raking in cash for their campaigns, but what about the folks who lost out in the August primary?

Most of this year's losing candidates ended their campaigns heavily in debt and have since been struggling to make up the difference. Here's how they've fared so far.

Seattle Mayor

Former Seattle SuperSonic James Donaldson, who came in fourth in the eight-way race for mayor, is in the red to the tune of $8,684, and has raised just $500 since the primary. City council member Jan Drago, who came in fifth, ended the month in the black, with $6,395 on hand despite spending nearly $30,000 in the final days of her campaign on TV ads. Current mayor Greg Nickels, meanwhile, remains $3,561 in debt despite taking in nearly $13,000 after the primary. And last-place finisher Norman Sigler ended up $458 in the black.

City Council Position 4

The losing candidates for council Position 4 (the seat that's being vacated by Drago) were surprisingly frugal in their campaigns' final days: None of them came out of the primary in debt. (However, David Bloom, who's running against Sally Bagshaw in the general, has only around $600 in the bank).

City Council Position 6

Marty Kaplan, the third-place finisher behind Jessie Israel and incumbent council member Nick Licata, zeroed out his bank account at the end of August.

City Council Position 8

Fourth-place finisher Bobby Forch (whose campaign committee, charmingly, is called The People for Bobby Forch) remains $6,665 in debt after the primary, and has not raised any money since August. David Miller, who finished fifth despite retaining the (costly) services of prominent local consultant Christian Sinderman (and loaning $10,000 to his own campaign) remained $11,696 in the hole. Jordan Royer and Rusty Williams, who finished in third and sixth place, respectively, had $1,850 and $2,470 in debt, respectively.