A GOP candidate running for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky faces a self-imposed midnight deadline to raise one-million dollars from cyber donors.

Dr. Rand Paul was nearly a quarter of the way to the goal of the internet-based fundraiser by midday today.

Paul, an eye surgeon here in Bowling Green, borrowed the fundraising idea from his father, Texas Representative Ron Paul, who banked six-million dollars in a single day for his Presidential campaign last year.

Campaign Manager David Adams said he remains hopeful the campaign can hit the one-million dollar mark.