CORRECTION (May 1): In an April 30 story about donors to the U.S. Senate campaign of Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, the Associated Press erroneously reported the family relationships among donors from utility company FirstEnergy Corp. The donors are President and CEO Tony Alexander, his wife and two sons. The story listed Alexander as a donor, but incorrectly identified the other family donors as his son, daughter-in-law and grandson.

COLUMBUS -- Nursing homes and utility companies are both powerful interest groups that Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has taken on publicly. Now, both are contributing to the U.S. Senate campaign of his right-hand man, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher.

Fisher's first campaign finance report as a Senate candidate includes more than $32,000 from nursing home interests and another $27,000 from employees, family members and PACs of electric companies.

Fisher collected more than $1 million in the first fundraising period, well above what his chief rival, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner raised. Her total was $207,000.