Fundraising-palooza: The latest on MN campaign money
WASHINGTON - Congressional campaigns are flooding the Federal Election Commission's servers with quarterly campaign finance reports ahead of a midnight deadline.
They're not quite quarterly numbers, as the reporting period in this case began on July 24 due to primary elections and ran through Sept. 30. Here's the latest on where Minnesota's House candidates stand. Numbers have been rounded down to the nearest thousand.
1st District
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Rep. Tim Walz (DFL): Raised: $301,000; Cash on hand: $564,000
Jim Hagedorn (R): Raised: $71,000; Cash on hand: $40,000
2nd District
Rep. John Kline (R): Raised: $470,000; Cash on hand: $1.76 million
Mike Obermueller (DFL): Raised: $217,000; Cash on hand: $278,000
3rd District
Rep. Erik Paulsen (R): Raised: $449,000; Cash on hand: $1.54 million
Sharon Sund (DFL): Raised: $43,000; Cash on hand: $27,000
4th District
Rep. Betty McCollum (DFL): Raised: $134,000; Cash on hand: $262,000
Sharna Walgren (R): Raised: $11,000; Cash on hand: $7,000
5th District
Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL): Raised: $304,000; Cash on hand: $243,000
Doug Daggett (R): Raised; $20,000; Cash on hand: $11,000
6th District (open seat)
Tom Emmer (R): Raised: $393,000; Cash on hand: $216,000
Joe Perske (DFL): Raised: $64,000; Cash on hand: $67,000
7th District
Rep. Collin Peterson (DFL): Raised: $344,000; Cash on hand: $761,000
Torrey Westrom (R): Raised: $248,000; Cash on hand: $399,000
8th District
Rep. Rick Nolan (DFL): Raised: $558,000; Cash on hand: $525,000
Stewart Mills (R): Raised: $$346,000 (includes an $82,000 loan from Mills to his campaign); Cash on hand: $254,000