DFL-aligned spending groups marshal their forces.

Minnesota Jobs Coalition was registered with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure board on Thursday. In a news release announcing the fund, operative Ben Golnik said the PAC will work to represent "hard-working taxpayers" at the Capitol during session.

In the race for dollars, Kari Dziedzic and Peter Wagenius bested the pack of DFLers vying for the nomination in the Senate District 59 race to succeed former Sen. Larry Pogemiller. The amount of money raised in a month of campaigning exceeds the amounts raised by many legislative campaigns in an entire election year.

It's a busy day over at the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board offices, as political party units and political committees and funds scramble to meet today's deadline for filing initial 2010 funding disclosure reports. In the meantime, here's a quick refresher course in the who's-who of major Minnesota political committees and funds (PCFs) from the last two state election cycles.

So, the not-so-surprising news broke yesterday that Minnesota GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty is planning to create what’s known as a leadership PAC that’ll carry the ...