Capitol View: July 15, 2012 Archive

Paulsen raises $454K, McCollum $90K

Posted at 8:47 AM on July 15, 2012 by Brett Neely
Filed under: Campaign 2012: U.S. MN CD3, Campaign 2012: U.S. MN CD4, U.S. House

WASHINGTON - A few more campaign finance filings have trickled in. In the 3rd District, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen brought in $454,647 in the three months ending on June 30th. That brings his total fundraising this cycle to nearly $2.2 million, the most of any congressional candidate in Minnesota except Michele Bachmann, who's in a different fundraising league of her own.

Paulsen's campaign has $1,586,604 cash on hand, nearly $300,000 more than last quarter. The second term Congressman has been a very prolific fundraiser, especially since getting a seat on the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in 2011. Paulsen's DFL opponent, Brian Barnes, has not yet filed his fundraising paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. The deadline to file is midnight Eastern Time Sunday.

In the 4th District, veteran DFL U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum raised $90,401, on par with her past fundraising totals. She has $206,474 in the bank for her re-election. McCollum's Republican challenger, Anthony Hernandez also filed his fundraising report with the FEC. Hernandez brought in $16,680 and has $5,026 cash on hand as of June 30th.

Remaining House challengers file: Nolan $127K, Barnes $107K, Parry $52K, Anderson $50K

Posted at 8:20 PM on July 15, 2012 by Brett Neely (1 Comments)
Filed under: Campaign 2012: U.S. MN CD1, Campaign 2012: U.S. MN CD3, Campaign 2012: U.S. MN CD6, U.S. House

WASHINGTON - The remaining candidates for U.S. House seats this fall have filed their fundraising paperwork for the second quarter with the Federal Election Commission hours before a midnight deadline. The reporting period covers all donations between April 1 and June 30.

In the 8th Congressional District, former Democratic Congressman Rick Nolan reported raising $127,721 for his primary bid to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack. Since entering the race, Nolan has brought in $330,0037. Nolan's campaign bank account has $93,435 cash on hand. Political action committees, including PACs affiliated with U.S. Sens. Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, were responsible for $37,184 of those donations. His campaign also touts the statistic that 91 percent of its contributions come from within Minnesota, a likely dig at Cravaack, whose family now lives in New Hampshire and at fellow DFL candidate Tarryl Clark, who has access to national Democratic fundraising circles such as EMILY's List thanks to her previous campaign against Michele Bachmann.

Jeff Anderson, the other DFL candidate hoping to take on Cravaack, raised $50,095 and has $18,352 cash in the bank. Including this quarter, his campaign has raised a total of $164,327. None of Anderson's fundraising haul came from PACs.

In the 3rd District, DFL challenger Brian Barnes brought in $107,012 for his bid to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen. Barnes has $56,552 in the bank. PACs, including Al Franken's PAC and several union PACs, donated $10,000 his campaign.

Republican Mike Parry raised $51,961 for his campaign to take the 1st District away from incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Tim Walz. Parry has $30,608 in the bank. No political action committees contributed to his campaign.