Democratic U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar raised more than $400,000 at his first major fundraiser for his 2010 re-election bid.

The campaign had expected to raise about $100,000, said campaign spokeswoman Lizzie Marsters.

She called the event "a rousing success" in a news release about last Friday's party, hosted by nearly 100 people known in Colorado political circles.

Democratic sponsors included Linda Alvarado, Steve Farber, Cole Finegan, Jim Kelley, Francis Koncilja, Federico Pena, Bruce Oreck, Kristin Robbins, Tom Strickland, Ted Trimpa and Judi Wagner, according to the release.

Among the Republican and unaffiliated sponsors were Stewart Bliss, Bill Coors, Martin Hart, Greg Maffei, Larry Mizel, Blair Richardson and Daniel Ritchie.

Salazar in 1998 became the first Hispanic elected to a statewide office when he won his attorney general's race. He won his first U.S. Senate bid in 2004.

The San Luis Valley native lives in Denver.