Minnesota Lawyer

Clinton fundraiser in Minnesota attracts well-heeled backers and predictable detractors.

Lobbyist principals spent at least $62.8 million making their case to legislative, administration and metropolitan government officials last year.

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.

Republicans say momentum, not money, is key in two districts.

In the Supreme Court races, the incumbents had sizeable fundraising leads over their challengers.

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

The DFL leads in party fundraising, but the conservative spending outlook is obscured by a big field of candidates for governor.

The incumbent DFLer has five times the cash of his closest rivals.

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.

For Democrats, the next two years are more about protecting political turf and keeping a political machine humming.