Bakk leading DFL money race but Thissen closing gap
Tom Bakk, the chair of the powerful Tax Committee in the Minnesota Senate, reported raising $146,344 in 2008. His campaign reports having $131, 742 left in the bank.
DFL Rep. Paul Thissen is second in the money race but collected his $115k in the final two months of the year.
Thissen didn't file his report yet so I'm trying to find out how much has has in the bank and whether he loaned his campaign money/
Thissen's campaign said he has
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$92, 843
$84,843 on-hand (Thissen's campaign corrected initial report to me). He also loaned himself $8,000 but it was repaid in full.
Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner raised $46, 219 for the year and has $53, 081 on hand.
DFL state Sen. John Marty raised $29,345 and has $35,092 left in the bank.
Former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton and former House Minority Leader Matt Entenza didn't declare their intentions until 2009 so they didn't file reports.
GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty's campaign announced last week that he raised $750,000 and has $580,000 left in the bank. Pawlenty announced that he'll announce whether he's running for a third term later this year.