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Money in the Senate race

Posted at 6:12 PM on February 16, 2006 by Bob Collins

AP's Fred Frommer has a story out this evening looking at who's tossing in the big bucks in the Minnesota Senate race.

AP provides some of Kennedy's backers:

The following are Senate Republicans who have made the maximum $10,000 PAC donation to Republican candidate Mark Kennedy. Democratic candidate Amy Klobuchar has not yet picked up money from Senate Democrats.

-Northstar Leadership PAC, Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn.
-Friends of the Big Sky, Sen. Conrad Burn, R-Mont.
-Senate Victory Fund, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss.
-New Republican Majority Fund, Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss.
-Leadership Circle PAC, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C.
-Bluegrass Committee, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
-Heartland Values PAC, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.
-Defend America PAC, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.
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Source: Congressional campaign records analyzed by The
Associated Press

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