In Minnesota, the DFL State Central Committee has raised more than any other non-candidate political action committee (PAC) in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, the DFL State Central Committee raised $3.81 million and spent $4.35 million between Jan. 1, 2021 and Dec. 31, 2021.
DFL Senate Caucus
Minnesota Committee
$2,164,135Cash on Hand
$4,117,341Total Contributions
$3,640,816Total Expenditures
Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $461,869.13 | Aggregated Unitemized Contributions |
| $220,250.00 | MN Assoc of Professional Employees Political Fund |
| $212,500.00 | Prairie Island Indian Community PAC |
| $183,000.00 | Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux |
| $155,691.56 | Laborers District Council of Minn & Nd Pol Fund |
| $145,500.00 | North Central States Carpenters PAC |
| $100,500.00 | Education Minn PAC |
| $100,000.00 | Dlcc Victory Fund |
| $100,000.00 | MN Nurses Assn Pol Comm (Mna-PC) |
| $85,000.00 | Vance K Opperman |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $1,583,155.21 | Aggregated Unitemized Expenditures |
| $1,575,903.95 | MN DFL State Central Committee |
| $77,160.00 | McCool Digital LLC |
| $66,700.00 | Gqr |
| $52,500.00 | Cornerstone Copy Center |
| $35,536.02 | M State Partners |
| $33,500.00 | Minnesota DFL Building Fund Inc |
| $20,000.00 | Petersen Group LLC |
| $12,075.00 | Stone Arch Strategies |
| $9,117.69 | Actblue |
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In Minnesota politics, non-candidate political action committees (PACs) have received $29.2 million in total donations between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021. The top 10 PACs raised more than $17.6 million, or 60 percent of all donations made to state-level PACs.
On both the state and federal level, Minnesota’s elected officials tend to trend in favor of Democratic candidates. Democrats control all five statewide elected offices, and both U.S. Senate seats; but only half of the state’s eight U.S. congressional seats. They also have control of the State House, while the GOP controls the State Senate.