Public subsidies for candidates total $3.9 million
The Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board has distributed $3.9 million in public subsidy payments to 365 candidates running for office this fall.
The payments are going to candidates for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state auditor and the Minnesota Legislature. In the governor's race, Republican Tom Emmer is getting a total of $511,834 in public subsidies. Tom Horner of the Independence Party is getting $346,368. There's no payment for DFL candidate Mark Dayton, who declined to abide by the required spending cap.
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