Minnesota Democrats are drawing in the most outside spending, campaign finance data show

Outside groups backed by labor unions and wealthy individuals are spending big to defend the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s control of Minnesota state government, according to the latest batch of data from the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board.

This latest data from the state board is the last look Minnesotans will get into how much candidates, parties and political action committees have collected and spent this year prior to the Nov. 5 election.

The Reformer in June identified roughly 15 key House races that will determine control of the lower chamber on Nov. 5. Minnesota Democrats are fighting to maintain control and continue pushing their progressive agenda, while Republicans desperately want to break up the DFL trifecta and roll back what they see as profligate taxing and spending.

The DFL-majority Legislature in the past two years passed new programs and spent the vast majority of the state’s $17.5 billion budget surplus, and all of it hinged on a handful of battleground districts that were often decided by just a few dozen votes.




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