LANSING (AP) - Campaigns for both Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Dick DeVos say they are off to good fundraising starts as the 2006 election approaches.

The Granholm campaign raised $4.96 million in 2005, her campaign said yesterday, and started this year with nearly $5.13 million in cash on hand.

DeVos raised $1.84 million, most of it in the past few months. The Kent County businessman has contributed about $776,000 of his own money to the campaign, and other family members have donated as well. The DeVos campaign started 2006 with $369,276 of cash on hand.

DeVos also reported in-kind contributions of $83,352 last year, which would push the total amount credited to his campaign to $1.92 million.

Campaign finance reports were due yesterday. As of 8 p.m., the Granholm campaign had not been able to electronically transmit its filing to the secretary of state, a delay that upset Republicans. A campaign spokesman provided a summary of what Granholm would file.

DeVos officially announced last June he would run for governor, although his campaign committee had formed a few months earlier.

DeVos will not accept money from political action committees or public matching funds, spokesman John Truscott said.

"There is a lot of grass-roots support from across Michigan," said Truscott, noting that 5,845 individuals made contributions. "Dick DeVos will not be paying the entire way for this campaign."

The Granholm campaign received donations from more than 10,700 contributors, spokesman Chris DeWitt said. He said that while he expects the DeVos campaign to eventually outspend the Granholm campaign by using the family's wealth, the Granholm campaign will remain competitive.

The campaign eventually could rival the most expensive in Michigan's history for a governor's race, said Rich Robinson, executive director of the independent Michigan Campaign Finance Network.

"This probably will be a record-setter, as far as the fundraising," Robinson said. "I think we'll see a saturation point on television ads."

Robinson said it is possible the candidates' campaign spending will be limited more by the amount of TV and radio time available as the election approaches, not by the amount of money available.

Granholm will have the fundraising advantage of incumbency. She also traditionally does well with labor unions and other Democratic-leaning organizations when it comes time to raise campaign cash.

DeVos is the former president of Amway Corp. and its parent company, Alticor Inc. He comes from one of Michigan's wealthiest families.

His wife, Betsy DeVos, is a former chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party.