Reed has raised $230k for CD 6
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Maureen Reed said she's raised "more than $230,000" for her bid for the DFL endorsement to run against Republican 6th District incumbent Michele Bachmann.
Reed staffer Emma Olson declined to release specific numbers ahead of the July 15 reporting deadline, but Reed herself sounds like she's going to have most of that cash on hand when she files next week. "I'm working out of my briefcase," Reed said of her penny-pinching efforts thus far. "It's important to keep expenses low."
[2:30 Update: Olson says they expect to have about $213,000 cash on hand.]
"It's wonderful to have this kind of financial success and know that people are so supportive of it. It's not just the number itself, as much as it is an indication of how many people just want a change and are confident that this effort is going to be the change they want," Reed said.
She'll need the dough. Bachmann reported having $224,000 in the bank last quarter and raising money at nearly $100,000 a month in a non-election year. Her last opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg still reports $184,000 in the bank, but raised only $120 in the first quarter.
The reports due July 15 will total money raised by a June 30 fundraising deadline.
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