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D.C. Dispatches by Cynthia Dizikes

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    Big names donate to Coleman and Franken

    By Cynthia Dizikes | Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 8:31 am

    April’s campaign fundraising reports are in! The new filings show that Democrat Al Franken outraised Republican Norm Coleman $2.6 million to $2.3 million, according to CQ.

    Coleman donor notables include Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn of Texas, who both gave $5,000 via their political action committees.

    The National Republican Senatorial Committee also gave $10,000 to the recount fund, as did Idaho Sen. Michael D. Crapo and Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson.

    Meanwhile, Franken fundraisers included Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who gave $5,000 via his political action committee, as did Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, New Jersey Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg and Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin. A handful of other Democrats in the House and Senate gave between $1,000 and $2,000, CQ reports.

    Hollywood also happened to sprinkle some significant tinsel on Franken’s campaign. Tom Hanks gave the maximum $12,300 donation. Two of Franken’s fellow veterans of the “Saturday Night Live” television program — Jane Curtin and Mike Myers — contributed, along with comedians Steve Martin and Jason Alexander, composer Burt Bacharach and novelist John Grisham.

    Washington Bureau | Thu, Apr 16 2009 8:31 am | Comment

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    Cynthia Dizikes is MinnPost's Washington, D.C., correspondent and covers Minnesota's congressional delegation and reports on developments out of Washington that are important to Minnesota readers. She received her master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and has worked as an intern in the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau, reporting on a variety of topics, and as a reporter for the Anniston Star in Alabama. Her work has also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Oakland Tribune, Congress Daily and on National Public Radio. She can be reached at cdizikes [at] minnpost [dot] com.

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