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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Dayton raised $379K in three months for reelection bid

New financial information from Gov. Mark Dayton’s campaign committee shows  the DFLer raised $379,019 during July, August and September. The voluntary disclosure today also shows receipts from January through September totaled $628,457. Expenditures and disbursements for the same period were $263,441. “We are very pleased with the progress we made this summer,’ said Campaign Manager Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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Minnesota’s House Democrats watch as Republican debt ceiling bill is pulled

WASHINGTON – During this fiscal crisis, two things are true about Minnesota’s five Democrats in the U.S. House: 1) they’re spectators with little input in the process and 2) it’s increasingly likely that they’ll be called upon to provide the bulk of votes needed to reopen the shuttered federal government and increase the debt ceiling. Read more →
by Brett Neely

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Franken raises $2 million; rest of delegation’s fundraising comes in

WASHINGTON – DFL Sen. Al Franken’s re-election campaign built on his large base of supporters to raise more than $2 million in the quarter ending Sept. 30 and now has nearly $3.9 million in the bank. Franken’s campaign manager, Matt Burgess, noted that Franken had more than 37,000 individual donors in the last quarter including Read more →
by Brett Neely

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Democrats say their polling shows GOP Rep. Paulsen in trouble

WASHINGTON – The campaign arm for U.S. House Democrats says new polling data show that the government shutdown could become a potent campaign issue against Republican 3rd District Rep. Erik Paulsen, who has evaded a serious Democratic challenger in the past two election cycles despite representing a swing district. Several caveats before going further with Read more →
by Brett Neely

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Walz and Klobuchar confident Senate funding and debt bill can clear the House

Leaders in the U.S. Senate are negotiating a last-minute compromise to prevent a default on the national debt while reopening the shuttered federal government. In the U.S. House, Minnesota Democrat Tim Walz says the question now is whether House Republicans will want to make changes to the legislation. “The question will be is John Boehner Read more →
by Brett Neely

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