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MN campaign finance board’s director bows out
Gary Goldsmith told the board at its meeting Tuesday that he wants to leave the post.
The Capitol Note: Republicans criticize DFL priorities in state flyaround
The Minnesota government agency that keeps watch over campaign finance regulations will likely see a changing of the guard, perhaps even this summer. Gary Goldsmith, who has served as executive director of the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board for eight and a half years, told the board at its meeting Tuesday that he ...
Nguyen & Senjem: The strip club is NOT the interesting part …
A story in the Rochester Post-Bulletin concerning former GOP Secretary of State candidate Dennis Nguyen contained one little-noted detail regarding Nguyen's relationship with Rochester Republican state Sen. Dave Senjem.
The Capitol Note: Campaign finance board closes case against Senate DFL caucus
The offenses at hand involve more than a dozen DFLers running for the upper chamber in 2012.
The Capitol Note: Nobles to investigate MNsure contracts
Dayton said he supports Nobles' instincts to examine the contracts, and called an audit "highly appropriate."
The Capitol Note: MNsure a continued source of controversy
Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Honour issued a statement calling on MNsure executive director April Todd-Malmlov to resign.
The Capitol Note: Online voter registration gets day in court
Attorney Erick Kaardal said the misuse of taxpayer funds amounted to an ongoing "injury" to his clients.
Legislature failed to close campaign disclosure loophole
In the days leading up to a contentious Republican primary contest last year between Connie Doepke and Dave Osmek for a Senate seat in the western suburbs, Americans for Prosperity Minnesota circulated a mailing. Doepke went on to lose the election by just 107 votes.
Board recommends campaign law changes
During the 1992 election cycle, individuals could contribute a total of $2,000 to state House and Senate campaigns. But during the next legislative session, those campaign contribution limits were dramatically reduced. The new caps on individual contributions to state legislative campaigns: $100 in non-election years and $500 in election years.
Rep. Steve Smith now owes $1,400 in campaign finance fines
State Rep. Steve Smith still hasn't filed his pre-primary campaign finance report. The 11-term incumbent, who was trounced in a GOP primary contest last month, now owes $1,400 in fines stemming from the failure to turn in his paperwork to the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
Brandon Anderson’s novel idea raises money, legal questions
Republican Senate candidate Brandon Anderson needed $800, and quick, in order to qualify for the public subsidy for legislative candidates. So he proposed that he and fellow GOP candidates swap donations to each other to help them all qualify -- a move that has attracted the attention of the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
Politicos await ruling on GOP recount fund
Political watchers waiting for a firm ruling on the months-long debate over whether the Republican Party of Minnesota is responsible for 2010 gubernatorial recount debt might still be seeking answers after a key campaign finance board meeting next week.
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