Congressional incumbents have big fundraising leads

The AP reports two Minnesota Republicans--Michelle Bachman and John Kline-- have a ton of money in the bank compared to their DFL opponents.

Bachmann has more than $1 million cash on hand. The DFLers who hope to run against her in the 6th District have much less. El Tinklenberg reported having $102,000 and Bob Olson had $112,000. Olson lend his campaign more than $60,000.

Kline has more than $500,000 on hand, compared with $39,000 for DFLer Steve Sarvi.

Just think how many campaign mailings all that money can buy.

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