Today in PAC news: WIN Minnesota ramps up, Edinans for Erhardt shuts down
There are a couple of notable developments today in filings by Minnesota political action committees.
View ArticleCampaign finance snapshot: Win Minnesota and its 2010 Fund sitting on $2 million
The single biggest lightning rod for progressive money thus far in 2010 is the upstart Win Minnesota PAC and its independent expenditures PAC, the 2010 Fund. The main organization, as Paul Demko wrote...
View ArticleShakopee Mdewakanton Sioux, Holiday Companies put more money into political...
Independent political funds continue to pile up donations in the run-up to next week's primary election. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community sent $50,000 to the WIN Minnesota Political Action Fund...
View ArticleWashington gay-rights group starts MN political fund
The Washington gay rights group that contributed to Minnesota Democrats to counter money funneling to Republican governor candidate Tom Emmer is now looking to raise even more cash in the state.
View ArticleCommon Cause files campaign finance complaint against Minnesota’s Future
Minnesota's Future, a conservative political organization, violated Minnesota's campaign finance rules by failing to properly disclose the names of its donors, according to a complaint filed by Common...
View ArticleWith state party in debt, Republican-aligned spending groups to play bigger...
In the 2010 gubernatorial contest, independent expenditure groups played a crucial role in Mark Dayton’s narrow victory.
View ArticleDFL third-party and anti-amendment groups still winning the fundraising wars
A trio of DFL third-party groups -- comprised of Alliance for a Better Minnesota, Win Minnesota and the 2012 Fund -- are still significantly out-raising a slew of independent expenditures groups on the...
View ArticleDemocratic caucuses: exultant about cash haul, wary of conservative indy...
Despite their minority status in both the state House and Senate, the DFL caucuses significantly outperformed Republicans in fundraising from the beginning of January until the end of July.
View ArticleDFL aligned PACs sitting on $1m-plus for campaign stretch
A trio of closely aligned Democratic independent political spending groups in Minnesota are sitting on just more than $1 million ahead of the November general election.
View ArticleCampaign 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.
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