Dayton loaned his campaign $570k in 2009
Democrat Mark Dayton loaned his campaign for governor $570,000 in 2009. He raised a total of $72,000 from donors. Dayton's total receipts for the year are $641,821 in 2009. He has $16,772 in the bank.
Dayton said his priority in 2009 was "not on fundraising, as I am uniquely fortunate in not having to do it," he said in a news release. "I will be increasing my fundraising efforts this year and encouraging supporters to contribute a Dollar for Dayton..."
He added that he will continue "to rely on his own resources to run a winning campaign."
Dayton is also urging Gov. Pawlenty and the Legislature to "require that every dollar contributed to every candidate, candidate's committee, political party or any other entity spending money to influence the outcome of Minnesota's elections be required to report those contributions immeditately (within 24 hours) to the MN Campaign Finance Board and that they immediately be made public by the board."
During his successful run for the U.S. Senate in 2000, Dayton spent $12 million of his own money on the campaign.
Side note: Dayton's campaign hand delivers many of these news releases so we don't have electronic copies to copy and paste on the blog.
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