Clinton fundraiser in Minnesota attracts well-heeled backers and predictable detractors.
Read More »Lobbyist spending continues to edge up
Lobbyist principals spent at least $62.8 million making their case to legislative, administration and metropolitan government officials last year.
Read More »State GOP remains weighed down by debt
Year-end reports filed with the campaign finance board found the Republican Party of Minnesota (RPM) still weighed down by debts accumulated years before, and considerably worse off financially than the DFL Party.
Read More »Incumbents hold funding edge in U.S. House
Republicans say momentum, not money, is key in two districts.
Read More »Gulf in fundraising for judicial candidates
In the Supreme Court races, the incumbents had sizeable fundraising leads over their challengers.
Read More »In money chase, GOP field still trails Dayton
The most recent round of fundraising disclosures finds the top-tier field picking up where they left off earlier this summer, which means each of the four GOP entrants is well behind Dayton’s strength in monetary terms
Read More »Campaign money: Indie spenders watch, wait
The DFL leads in party fundraising, but the conservative spending outlook is obscured by a big field of candidates for governor.
Read More »Dayton fundraising laps GOP gubernatorial field
The incumbent DFLer has five times the cash of his closest rivals.
Read More »After McCutcheon, a challenge to state’s ‘special sources’ law
Rep. Linda Runbeck and three other plaintiffs contend one aspect of the special sources limit effectively violates the free speech rights of both the candidates and donors.
Read More »Campaign finance reports hint at parties’ goals
For Democrats, the next two years are more about protecting political turf and keeping a political machine humming.
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