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DFL groups poured money into 2020 legislative races. How’d that work out for them?

In 2020, the DFL-affiliated groups vastly outspent their GOP counterparts and saw their House majority shrink, while also failing to retake the state Senate. 

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Three years ago, DFL-affiliated political groups were outspent by Republican-leaning groups in races for the Minnesota House yet came away with an election sweep that returned the chamber to their control.

In 2020, the DFL’s apparatus vastly outspent their GOP counterparts and saw their House majority shrink, though they managed to retain control, while a DFL-pledge to do whatever it took to recapture the Senate fell short. 

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So is money in politics all that the people who raise and spend the money think it is — or are the fundamentals of each race what really matter? 

The 2020 reports released Tuesday by the state Campaign Finance Board don’t offer many clues. Looking at independent expenditures – money spent independent of the candidates’ campaigns that typically dwarfs candidate spending — groups seeking to help elect DFLers outspent their GOP rivals $18 million to $7.5 million. 

Yet in the House, the DFL went from a 75-59 majority to 70-64 majority. And in the Senate, the GOP majority of 35-32 shrank by just one vote, 34-33.

In Senate District 34 — one of the most-targeted state legislative seats in the country — Bonnie Westlin made her second challenge to GOP Sen. Warren Limmer. A total of $2.32 million was spent, almost $1.5 million of that on behalf of Westlin, yet Limmer retained his seat by 1.5 points.

Minnesota Senate — Spending to benefit Republican candidates

Note: Data include independent expenditures. Spending to benefit Republicans includes money spent to help Republicans or hurt Democrats. Money spent to benefit Democrats includes money spent to help Democrats or hurt Republicans. In some cases, it includes money spent to influence a primary.
Greater MinnesotaMetro
2 Senate District 2
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Paul Utke (R) *
  • Leonard Alan Roy (DFL)
*Incumbent
1 Senate District 1
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Mark Johnson (R) *
  • Reed Perkins (DFL)
*Incumbent 		4 Senate District 4
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Kent Eken (DFL) *
  • Mark Larson (R)
*Incumbent 		5 Senate District 5
Total spending: $318,730.0
Candidates:
  • Justin Eichorn (R) *
  • Rita Albrecht (DFL)
  • Dennis Barsness (GLC)
  • Robyn Smith (LMN)
*Incumbent 		6 Senate District 6
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • David J Tomassoni (DFL) *
  • John J. Moren (R)
*Incumbent 		3 Senate District 3
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Thomas (Tom) Bakk (DFL) *
  • Christopher Hogan (R)
*Incumbent
8 Senate District 8
Total spending: $230.0
Candidates:
  • Bill Ingebrigtsen (R) *
  • Michele Anderson (DFL)
*Incumbent 		9 Senate District 9
Total spending: $2,069.0
Candidates:
  • Paul Gazelka (R) *
  • A. John Peters (DFL)
*Incumbent 		10 Senate District 10
Total spending: $30,666.0
Candidates:
  • Carrie Ruud (R) *
  • Steve Samuelson (DFL)
*Incumbent 		11 Senate District 11
Total spending: $1,238.0
Candidates:
  • Jason Rarick (R) *
  • Michelle Lee (DFL)
*Incumbent 		7 Senate District 7
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jen McEwen (DFL)
  • Donna Bergstrom (R)
35 Senate District 35
Total spending: $1,489.0
Candidates:
  • Jim Abeler (R) *
  • David L. Nelson (DFL)
*Incumbent
12 Senate District 12
Total spending: $998.0
Candidates:
  • Torrey Westrom (R) *
  • Jill Abahsain (DFL)
*Incumbent 		13 Senate District 13
Total spending: $998.0
Candidates:
  • Jeff Howe (R) *
  • Michael Willemsen (DFL)
*Incumbent 		14 Senate District 14
Total spending: $508,337.0
Candidates:
  • Jerry Relph (R) *
  • Aric Putnam (DFL)
  • Jaden Partlow (LMN)
*Incumbent 		15 Senate District 15
Total spending: $231.0
Candidates:
  • Andrew Mathews (R) *
  • Brent Krist (DFL)
*Incumbent 		32 Senate District 32
Total spending: $1,428.0
Candidates:
  • Mark Koran (R) *
  • Joshua Fike (DFL)
*Incumbent 		34 Senate District 34
Total spending: $827,188.0
Candidates:
  • Warren Limmer (R) *
  • Bonnie Westlin (DFL)
*Incumbent 		36 Senate District 36
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John Hoffman (DFL) *
  • Karen Attia (R)
*Incumbent 		37 Senate District 37
Total spending: $82,547.0
Candidates:
  • Jerry Newton (DFL)
  • Brad Sanford (R)
38 Senate District 38
Total spending: $99,285.0
Candidates:
  • Roger Chamberlain (R) *
  • Justin Stofferahn (DFL)
*Incumbent
16 Senate District 16
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Gary Dahms (R) *
  • Steve "Stoney" Preslicka (LMN)
  • Joshua Prine (IA)
*Incumbent 		29 Senate District 29
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Bruce D. Anderson (R) *
  • Mary Murphy (GLC)
  • Chris Brazelton (DFL)
*Incumbent 		30 Senate District 30
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Mary Kiffmeyer (R) *
  • Diane Nguyen (DFL)
*Incumbent 		31 Senate District 31
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Michelle R. Benson (R) *
  • Kate Luthner (DFL)
*Incumbent 		33 Senate District 33
Total spending: $5,243.0
Candidates:
  • David Osmek (R) *
  • Gretchen Piper (DFL)
*Incumbent 		40 Senate District 40
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Chris A. Eaton (DFL) *
  • Robert Marvin (R)
*Incumbent 		41 Senate District 41
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Mary Kunesh-Podein (DFL) *
  • Lucia Marina Vogel (R)
*Incumbent 		42 Senate District 42
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jason "Ike" Isaacson (DFL) *
  • Ben Schwanke (R)
*Incumbent 		39 Senate District 39
Total spending: $406,877.0
Candidates:
  • Karin Housley (R) *
  • Josiah Hill (DFL)
*Incumbent 		43 Senate District 43
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Charles "Chuck" Wiger (DFL) *
  • Doug Daubenspeck (GLC)
  • Bob Zick (R)
*Incumbent
17 Senate District 17
Total spending: $390.0
Candidates:
  • Andrew Lang (R) *
  • Fernando Alvarado (DFL)
*Incumbent 		18 Senate District 18
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Scott Newman (R) *
  • Chad R. Tschimperle (DFL)
*Incumbent 		47 Senate District 47
Total spending: $7,679.0
Candidates:
  • Addie Miller (DFL)
  • Julia Coleman (R)
58 Senate District 58
Total spending: $469,345.0
Candidates:
  • Matt Little (DFL) *
  • Zach Duckworth (R)
*Incumbent 		48 Senate District 48
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Steve Cwodzinski (DFL) *
  • Jeff Jiang (R)
*Incumbent 		44 Senate District 44
Total spending: $82,285.0
Candidates:
  • Greg Pulles (R)
  • Ann Johnson Stewart (DFL)
46 Senate District 46
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Ron Latz (DFL) *
  • Bryan P. Björnson (R)
*Incumbent 		45 Senate District 45
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Ann H. Rest (DFL) *
  • Andy Schuler (LMN)
  • Roxana Bruins (R)
*Incumbent 		59 Senate District 59
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Bobby Joe Champion (DFL) *
  • Paul Anderson (R)
*Incumbent 		60 Senate District 60
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Kari Dziedzic (DFL) *
  • Mary Holmberg (R)
*Incumbent 		66 Senate District 66
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John Marty (DFL) *
  • Greg Copeland (R)
*Incumbent
19 Senate District 19
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Nick Frentz (DFL) *
  • Elizabeth Bangert (R)
*Incumbent 		20 Senate District 20
Total spending: $494,714.0
Candidates:
  • Rich Draheim (R) *
  • Jon Olson (DFL)
  • Jason Hoschette (GLC)
*Incumbent 		21 Senate District 21
Total spending: $22,133.0
Candidates:
  • Michael P. Goggin (R) *
  • Ralph Kaehler (DFL)
*Incumbent 		50 Senate District 50
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Melissa Halvorson Wiklund (DFL) *
  • Dean Wm Mumbleau (R)
*Incumbent 		49 Senate District 49
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Melisa Lopez Franzen (DFL) *
  • Julie Dupré (R)
*Incumbent 		61 Senate District 61
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Scott Dibble (DFL) *
  • Jennifer Zielinski (R)
*Incumbent 		62 Senate District 62
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Bruce Lundeen (R)
  • Omar Fateh (DFL)
63 Senate District 63
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Patricia Torres Ray (DFL) *
  • Chris Wright (GLC)
  • Diane Napper (R)
*Incumbent 		64 Senate District 64
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Sharon Anderson (R)
  • Patricia Jirovec McArdell (LMN)
  • Erin Murphy (DFL)
24 Senate District 24
Total spending: $40,913.0
Candidates:
  • John R. Jasinski (R) *
  • Roger Steinkamp (DFL)
*Incumbent 		25 Senate District 25
Total spending: $116,698.0
Candidates:
  • David H. Senjem (R) *
  • Sara Flick (DFL)
*Incumbent 		26 Senate District 26
Total spending: $320,171.0
Candidates:
  • Carla Nelson (R) *
  • Aleta Borrud (DFL)
*Incumbent 		51 Senate District 51
Total spending: $435.0
Candidates:
  • Jim Carlson (DFL) *
  • Douglas D. Willetts (R)
*Incumbent 		52 Senate District 52
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Matt Klein (DFL) *
  • Tomas Settell (R)
*Incumbent 		65 Senate District 65
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Sandy Pappas (DFL) *
  • Paul Holmgren (R)
*Incumbent 		67 Senate District 67
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Foung Hawj (DFL) *
  • Alexander Deputie (R)
*Incumbent 		53 Senate District 53
Total spending: $389,006.0
Candidates:
  • Susan Kent (DFL) *
  • Mary Giuliani Stephens (R)
*Incumbent 		54 Senate District 54
Total spending: $44,071.0
Candidates:
  • Karla Bigham (DFL) *
  • Leilani Holmstadt (R)
*Incumbent
22 Senate District 22
Total spending: $13,673.0
Candidates:
  • Bill Weber (R) *
  • Shawna Marshall (DFL)
  • Brian Abrahamson (GLC)
*Incumbent 		23 Senate District 23
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Julie A. Rosen (R) *
  • David Pulkrabek (LMN)
*Incumbent 		27 Senate District 27
Total spending: $302,829.0
Candidates:
  • Dan Sparks (DFL) *
  • Tyler Becvar (LMN)
  • Gene Dornink (R)
*Incumbent 		28 Senate District 28
Total spending: $1,634.0
Candidates:
  • Jeremy R. Miller (R) *
  • Sarah Kruger (DFL)
*Incumbent 		55 Senate District 55
Total spending: $58,681.0
Candidates:
  • Eric Pratt (R) *
  • Sahra Odowa (DFL)
*Incumbent 		57 Senate District 57
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Greg Clausen (DFL) *
  • Jose W. Jimenez (R)
*Incumbent 		56 Senate District 56
Total spending: $640,229.0
Candidates:
  • Dan Hall (R) *
  • Lindsey Port (DFL)
*Incumbent

Legend

  •   Up to $827,188
  •   Up to $661,750
  •   Up to $496,312
  •   Up to $330,875
  •   Up to $165,437
  •   No spending data reported
  •   Republican won

Minnesota Senate — Spending to benefit Democratic candidates

Greater MinnesotaMetro
2 Senate District 2
Total spending: $30,302.0
Candidates:
  • Paul Utke (R) *
  • Leonard Alan Roy (DFL)
*Incumbent
1 Senate District 1
Total spending: $384.0
Candidates:
  • Mark Johnson (R) *
  • Reed Perkins (DFL)
*Incumbent 		4 Senate District 4
Total spending: $26,097.0
Candidates:
  • Kent Eken (DFL) *
  • Mark Larson (R)
*Incumbent 		5 Senate District 5
Total spending: $76,874.0
Candidates:
  • Justin Eichorn (R) *
  • Rita Albrecht (DFL)
  • Dennis Barsness (GLC)
  • Robyn Smith (LMN)
*Incumbent 		6 Senate District 6
Total spending: $8,599.0
Candidates:
  • David J Tomassoni (DFL) *
  • John J. Moren (R)
*Incumbent 		3 Senate District 3
Total spending: $25,866.0
Candidates:
  • Thomas (Tom) Bakk (DFL) *
  • Christopher Hogan (R)
*Incumbent
8 Senate District 8
Total spending: $634.0
Candidates:
  • Bill Ingebrigtsen (R) *
  • Michele Anderson (DFL)
*Incumbent 		9 Senate District 9
Total spending: $1,260.0
Candidates:
  • Paul Gazelka (R) *
  • A. John Peters (DFL)
*Incumbent 		10 Senate District 10
Total spending: $607.0
Candidates:
  • Carrie Ruud (R) *
  • Steve Samuelson (DFL)
*Incumbent 		11 Senate District 11
Total spending: $17,311.0
Candidates:
  • Jason Rarick (R) *
  • Michelle Lee (DFL)
*Incumbent 		7 Senate District 7
Total spending: $37,777.0
Candidates:
  • Jen McEwen (DFL)
  • Donna Bergstrom (R)
35 Senate District 35
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jim Abeler (R) *
  • David L. Nelson (DFL)
*Incumbent
12 Senate District 12
Total spending: $256.0
Candidates:
  • Torrey Westrom (R) *
  • Jill Abahsain (DFL)
*Incumbent 		13 Senate District 13
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jeff Howe (R) *
  • Michael Willemsen (DFL)
*Incumbent 		14 Senate District 14
Total spending: $1,195,786.0
Candidates:
  • Jerry Relph (R) *
  • Aric Putnam (DFL)
  • Jaden Partlow (LMN)
*Incumbent 		15 Senate District 15
Total spending: $1,022.0
Candidates:
  • Andrew Mathews (R) *
  • Brent Krist (DFL)
*Incumbent 		32 Senate District 32
Total spending: $541.0
Candidates:
  • Mark Koran (R) *
  • Joshua Fike (DFL)
*Incumbent 		34 Senate District 34
Total spending: $1,497,570.0
Candidates:
  • Warren Limmer (R) *
  • Bonnie Westlin (DFL)
*Incumbent 		36 Senate District 36
Total spending: $27,395.0
Candidates:
  • John Hoffman (DFL) *
  • Karen Attia (R)
*Incumbent 		37 Senate District 37
Total spending: $518,598.0
Candidates:
  • Jerry Newton (DFL)
  • Brad Sanford (R)
38 Senate District 38
Total spending: $905,525.0
Candidates:
  • Roger Chamberlain (R) *
  • Justin Stofferahn (DFL)
*Incumbent
16 Senate District 16
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Gary Dahms (R) *
  • Steve "Stoney" Preslicka (LMN)
  • Joshua Prine (IA)
*Incumbent 		29 Senate District 29
Total spending: $896.0
Candidates:
  • Bruce D. Anderson (R) *
  • Mary Murphy (GLC)
  • Chris Brazelton (DFL)
*Incumbent 		30 Senate District 30
Total spending: $1,874.0
Candidates:
  • Mary Kiffmeyer (R) *
  • Diane Nguyen (DFL)
*Incumbent 		31 Senate District 31
Total spending: $782.0
Candidates:
  • Michelle R. Benson (R) *
  • Kate Luthner (DFL)
*Incumbent 		33 Senate District 33
Total spending: $48,845.0
Candidates:
  • David Osmek (R) *
  • Gretchen Piper (DFL)
*Incumbent 		40 Senate District 40
Total spending: $2,430.0
Candidates:
  • Chris A. Eaton (DFL) *
  • Robert Marvin (R)
*Incumbent 		41 Senate District 41
Total spending: $2,423.0
Candidates:
  • Mary Kunesh-Podein (DFL) *
  • Lucia Marina Vogel (R)
*Incumbent 		42 Senate District 42
Total spending: $10,168.0
Candidates:
  • Jason "Ike" Isaacson (DFL) *
  • Ben Schwanke (R)
*Incumbent 		39 Senate District 39
Total spending: $1,421,713.0
Candidates:
  • Karin Housley (R) *
  • Josiah Hill (DFL)
*Incumbent 		43 Senate District 43
Total spending: $2,329.0
Candidates:
  • Charles "Chuck" Wiger (DFL) *
  • Doug Daubenspeck (GLC)
  • Bob Zick (R)
*Incumbent
17 Senate District 17
Total spending: $622.0
Candidates:
  • Andrew Lang (R) *
  • Fernando Alvarado (DFL)
*Incumbent 		18 Senate District 18
Total spending: $1,996.0
Candidates:
  • Scott Newman (R) *
  • Chad R. Tschimperle (DFL)
*Incumbent 		47 Senate District 47
Total spending: $8,833.0
Candidates:
  • Addie Miller (DFL)
  • Julia Coleman (R)
58 Senate District 58
Total spending: $778,943.0
Candidates:
  • Matt Little (DFL) *
  • Zach Duckworth (R)
*Incumbent 		48 Senate District 48
Total spending: $17,951.0
Candidates:
  • Steve Cwodzinski (DFL) *
  • Jeff Jiang (R)
*Incumbent 		44 Senate District 44
Total spending: $153,511.0
Candidates:
  • Greg Pulles (R)
  • Ann Johnson Stewart (DFL)
46 Senate District 46
Total spending: $2,393.0
Candidates:
  • Ron Latz (DFL) *
  • Bryan P. Björnson (R)
*Incumbent 		45 Senate District 45
Total spending: $2,201.0
Candidates:
  • Ann H. Rest (DFL) *
  • Andy Schuler (LMN)
  • Roxana Bruins (R)
*Incumbent 		59 Senate District 59
Total spending: $3,095.0
Candidates:
  • Bobby Joe Champion (DFL) *
  • Paul Anderson (R)
*Incumbent 		60 Senate District 60
Total spending: $19,789.0
Candidates:
  • Kari Dziedzic (DFL) *
  • Mary Holmberg (R)
*Incumbent 		66 Senate District 66
Total spending: $2,118.0
Candidates:
  • John Marty (DFL) *
  • Greg Copeland (R)
*Incumbent
19 Senate District 19
Total spending: $11,346.0
Candidates:
  • Nick Frentz (DFL) *
  • Elizabeth Bangert (R)
*Incumbent 		20 Senate District 20
Total spending: $60,821.0
Candidates:
  • Rich Draheim (R) *
  • Jon Olson (DFL)
  • Jason Hoschette (GLC)
*Incumbent 		21 Senate District 21
Total spending: $17,189.0
Candidates:
  • Michael P. Goggin (R) *
  • Ralph Kaehler (DFL)
*Incumbent 		50 Senate District 50
Total spending: $1,718.0
Candidates:
  • Melissa Halvorson Wiklund (DFL) *
  • Dean Wm Mumbleau (R)
*Incumbent 		49 Senate District 49
Total spending: $5,981.0
Candidates:
  • Melisa Lopez Franzen (DFL) *
  • Julie Dupré (R)
*Incumbent 		61 Senate District 61
Total spending: $2,654.0
Candidates:
  • Scott Dibble (DFL) *
  • Jennifer Zielinski (R)
*Incumbent 		62 Senate District 62
Total spending: $7,128.0
Candidates:
  • Bruce Lundeen (R)
  • Omar Fateh (DFL)
63 Senate District 63
Total spending: $2,753.0
Candidates:
  • Patricia Torres Ray (DFL) *
  • Chris Wright (GLC)
  • Diane Napper (R)
*Incumbent 		64 Senate District 64
Total spending: $2,497.0
Candidates:
  • Sharon Anderson (R)
  • Patricia Jirovec McArdell (LMN)
  • Erin Murphy (DFL)
24 Senate District 24
Total spending: $680.0
Candidates:
  • John R. Jasinski (R) *
  • Roger Steinkamp (DFL)
*Incumbent 		25 Senate District 25
Total spending: $1,337,109.0
Candidates:
  • David H. Senjem (R) *
  • Sara Flick (DFL)
*Incumbent 		26 Senate District 26
Total spending: $1,545,158.0
Candidates:
  • Carla Nelson (R) *
  • Aleta Borrud (DFL)
*Incumbent 		51 Senate District 51
Total spending: $5,490.0
Candidates:
  • Jim Carlson (DFL) *
  • Douglas D. Willetts (R)
*Incumbent 		52 Senate District 52
Total spending: $6,197.0
Candidates:
  • Matt Klein (DFL) *
  • Tomas Settell (R)
*Incumbent 		65 Senate District 65
Total spending: $2,476.0
Candidates:
  • Sandy Pappas (DFL) *
  • Paul Holmgren (R)
*Incumbent 		67 Senate District 67
Total spending: $3,370.0
Candidates:
  • Foung Hawj (DFL) *
  • Alexander Deputie (R)
*Incumbent 		53 Senate District 53
Total spending: $153,334.0
Candidates:
  • Susan Kent (DFL) *
  • Mary Giuliani Stephens (R)
*Incumbent 		54 Senate District 54
Total spending: $461,395.0
Candidates:
  • Karla Bigham (DFL) *
  • Leilani Holmstadt (R)
*Incumbent
22 Senate District 22
Total spending: $772.0
Candidates:
  • Bill Weber (R) *
  • Shawna Marshall (DFL)
  • Brian Abrahamson (GLC)
*Incumbent 		23 Senate District 23
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Julie A. Rosen (R) *
  • David Pulkrabek (LMN)
*Incumbent 		27 Senate District 27
Total spending: $530,496.0
Candidates:
  • Dan Sparks (DFL) *
  • Tyler Becvar (LMN)
  • Gene Dornink (R)
*Incumbent 		28 Senate District 28
Total spending: $561.0
Candidates:
  • Jeremy R. Miller (R) *
  • Sarah Kruger (DFL)
*Incumbent 		55 Senate District 55
Total spending: $2,639.0
Candidates:
  • Eric Pratt (R) *
  • Sahra Odowa (DFL)
*Incumbent 		57 Senate District 57
Total spending: $20,240.0
Candidates:
  • Greg Clausen (DFL) *
  • Jose W. Jimenez (R)
*Incumbent 		56 Senate District 56
Total spending: $1,309,691.0
Candidates:
  • Dan Hall (R) *
  • Lindsey Port (DFL)
*Incumbent

Legend

  •   Up to $1,545,158
  •   Up to $1,236,126
  •   Up to $927,094
  •   Up to $618,063
  •   Up to $309,031
  •   No spending data reported
  •   DFLer won

The Limmer-Westlin race wasn’t an outlier. DFL groups spent more in all of the 10 most-expensive Minnesota Senate races, but won just three of those contests. 

Minnesota House — Spending to benefit Republican candidates

Greater MinnesotaMetro
2A House District 2A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Mathew J. Grossell (R) *
  • Jeremiah Liend (DFL)
*Incumbent
1A House District 1A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John Burkel (R)
  • Connie Lindstrom (DFL)
1B House District 1B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Debra (Deb) Kiel (R) *
  • Cindy Ansbacher (DFL)
*Incumbent 		2B House District 2B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Steve Green (R) *
  • David Suby (DFL)
*Incumbent 		6A House District 6A
Total spending: $69,545.0
Candidates:
  • Julie Sandstede (DFL) *
  • Robert Farnsworth (R)
*Incumbent 		6B House District 6B
Total spending: $17,169.0
Candidates:
  • David Lislegard (DFL) *
  • Julie Buria (R)
*Incumbent 		3B House District 3B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Mary Murphy (DFL) *
  • Andrew J Hjelle (R)
*Incumbent 		3A House District 3A
Total spending: $7,495.0
Candidates:
  • Rob Ecklund (DFL) *
  • Thomas Manninen (R)
*Incumbent
4A House District 4A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Chuck Hendrickson (DFL)
  • Heather Keeler (DFL)
  • Edwin Hahn (R)
4B House District 4B
Total spending: $104,364.0
Candidates:
  • Paul Marquart (DFL) *
  • Brian Anderson (R)
*Incumbent 		5A House District 5A
Total spending: $180,100.0
Candidates:
  • John Persell (DFL) *
  • Matt Bliss (R)
*Incumbent 		5B House District 5B
Total spending: $19,391.0
Candidates:
  • Spencer Igo (R)
  • Joe Abeyta (DFL)
7B House District 7B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Liz Olson (DFL) *
  • Art Johnston (R)
*Incumbent 		7A House District 7A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jennifer Schultz (DFL) *
  • Tom Sullivan (R)
*Incumbent
8A House District 8A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jordan Rasmusson (R)
  • Brittney Johnson (DFL)
8B House District 8B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Mary Franson (R) *
  • Carol Wenner (DFL)
*Incumbent 		10A House District 10A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Josh Heintzeman (R) *
  • Dale Menk (DFL)
*Incumbent 		10B House District 10B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Gaylene Spolarich (DFL)
  • Dale K. Lueck (R)
11A House District 11A
Total spending: $38,763.0
Candidates:
  • Mike Sundin (DFL) *
  • Jeff Dotseth (R)
*Incumbent 		30A House District 30A
Total spending: $2,906.0
Candidates:
  • Paul Novotny (R) *
  • Chad Hobot (DFL)
*Incumbent 		30B House District 30B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Eric Lucero (R) *
  • Brad Kovach (DFL)
*Incumbent 		35A House District 35A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John Heinrich (R)
  • Mike Erickson (DFL)
35B House District 35B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Peggy Scott (R) *
  • Jason Ruffalo (DFL)
*Incumbent 		31B House District 31B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Cal K. Bahr (R) *
  • Sue Larson (DFL)
*Incumbent 		32B House District 32B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Anne Neu (R) *
  • Katie Malchow (DFL)
*Incumbent
12A House District 12A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Murray Smart (DFL)
  • Jeffery W Backer (R)
9A House District 9A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John M Poston (R) *
  • Alex Herring (DFL)
*Incumbent 		9B House District 9B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Ron Kresha (R) *
  • Laura Wright (DFL)
*Incumbent 		15B House District 15B
Total spending: $998.0
Candidates:
  • Shane Mekeland (R) *
  • Ron Thiessen (DFL)
  • Myron Arthur Wilson (VPM)
*Incumbent 		11B House District 11B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Nathan Nelson (R) *
  • Jack Frechette (DFL)
*Incumbent 		34A House District 34A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Kristin Robbins (R) *
  • Brian Raines (DFL)
*Incumbent 		36A House District 36A
Total spending: $77,675.0
Candidates:
  • Zack Stephenson (DFL) *
  • Bill Maresh (R)
*Incumbent 		36B House District 36B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Melissa Hortman (DFL) *
  • Scott Simmons (R)
*Incumbent 		37A House District 37A
Total spending: $17,008.0
Candidates:
  • Erin Koegel (DFL) *
  • Ken Wendling (R)
*Incumbent 		37B House District 37B
Total spending: $30,009.0
Candidates:
  • Nolan West (R) *
  • Amir Joseph Malik (DFL)
*Incumbent 		38A House District 38A
Total spending: $18,928.0
Candidates:
  • Donald Raleigh (R)
  • Kris Fredrick (DFL)
38B House District 38B
Total spending: $89,987.0
Candidates:
  • Elliott Engen (R)
  • Ami Wazlawik (DFL)
39A House District 39A
Total spending: $221.0
Candidates:
  • Bob Dettmer (R) *
  • Ann Mozey (DFL)
  • Chuck Fitzer (DFL)
*Incumbent
12B House District 12B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Paul Anderson (R) *
  • Ben Schirmers (DFL)
*Incumbent 		13A House District 13A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Lisa Demuth (R) *
  • Katy Westlund (DFL)
*Incumbent 		13B House District 13B
Total spending: $17,134.0
Candidates:
  • Tim O'Driscoll (R) *
  • Benjamin Carollo (DFL)
*Incumbent 		15A House District 15A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Sondra Erickson (R) *
  • Cal Schmock (DFL)
*Incumbent 		32A House District 32A
Total spending: $261.0
Candidates:
  • Brian Johnson (R) *
  • Renae Berg (DFL)
*Incumbent 		34B House District 34B
Total spending: $12,889.0
Candidates:
  • Kristin Bahner (DFL) *
  • Dori Trossen (R)
*Incumbent 		40A House District 40A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Michael V. Nelson (DFL) *
  • David True (R)
*Incumbent 		40B House District 40B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Samantha Vang (DFL) *
  • Charlotte Smith (R)
  • Mary O'Connor (LMN)
*Incumbent 		41A House District 41A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Connie Bernardy (DFL) *
  • Susan A. Erickson (R)
*Incumbent 		41B House District 41B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Ronald Ray Vogel (R)
  • Sandra Feist (DFL)
42A House District 42A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Kelly Moller (DFL) *
  • Candy Sina (R)
*Incumbent 		42B House District 42B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL) *
  • Sue Finney (R)
*Incumbent 		43A House District 43A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Peter M Fischer (DFL)
  • Paul Babin (R)
17A House District 17A
Total spending: $214.0
Candidates:
  • Tim Miller (R) *
  • Ben Dolan (DFL)
  • Robert M Wright (DFL)
  • Ed Engelmann (LMN)
*Incumbent 		17B House District 17B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Dave Baker (R) *
  • Logan Kortgard (DFL)
*Incumbent 		14A House District 14A
Total spending: $998.0
Candidates:
  • Tama Theis (R) *
  • Tamara 'Tami' Calhoun (DFL)
*Incumbent 		14B House District 14B
Total spending: $82,838.0
Candidates:
  • Dan Wolgamott (DFL) *
  • Paul Brandmire (R)
*Incumbent 		31A House District 31A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Kurt Daudt (R) *
  • Brad Brown (DFL)
*Incumbent 		44A House District 44A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Ginny Klevorn (DFL) *
  • Perry Nouis (R)
*Incumbent 		45A House District 45A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Daonna Depoister (DFL)
  • Cedrick Rommel Frazier (DFL)
  • Jesse Pfliger (R)
45B House District 45B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Mike Freiberg (DFL) *
  • Ken Fitzgerald (R)
*Incumbent 		59A House District 59A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Fue Lee (DFL) *
  • Marcus Harcus (GLC)
*Incumbent 		60A House District 60A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Sydney Jordan (DFL) *
  • John Holmberg (R)
  • Calvin Lee Carpenter (VPM)
*Incumbent 		66A House District 66A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Alice Hausman (DFL) *
  • Brett Rose (R)
*Incumbent 		66B House District 66B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John Lesch (DFL) *
  • Athena Hollins (DFL)
  • Mikki Murray (R)
*Incumbent 		67A House District 67A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John Thompson (DFL)
  • John Stromenger (R)
  • Hoang Murphy (DFL)
43B House District 43B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Leon M. Lillie (DFL) *
  • Jordan Herzog (R)
  • Antonio Nerios (VPM)
*Incumbent 		39B House District 39B
Total spending: $173,399.0
Candidates:
  • Shelly Christensen (DFL) *
  • Joe Garofalo (R)
*Incumbent
16A House District 16A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Chris Swedzinski (R) *
  • Doria Drost (DFL)
*Incumbent 		18A House District 18A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Dean Urdahl (R) *
*Incumbent 		29A House District 29A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Joe McDonald (R) *
  • Renée Cardarelle (DFL)
*Incumbent 		29B House District 29B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Marion O'Neill (R) *
  • Joe Rosh (DFL)
*Incumbent 		44B House District 44B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Patty Acomb (DFL) *
  • Gary Porter (R)
*Incumbent 		46A House District 46A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Ryan Winkler (DFL) *
  • Anne Taylor (R)
*Incumbent 		59B House District 59B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Raymond Dehn (DFL) *
  • Lisa Neal-Delgado (GP)
  • Isaiah Whitmore (DFL)
  • Esther Agbaje (DFL)
  • Alan Shilepsky (R)
*Incumbent 		60B House District 60B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Mohamud Noor (DFL) *
*Incumbent 		64A House District 64A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Kaohly Her (DFL) *
  • Sherry Schack (R)
*Incumbent 		65A House District 65A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Rena Moran (DFL) *
  • Amy Anderson (R)
*Incumbent 		67B House District 67B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jay Xiong (DFL) *
  • Fred Turk (R)
*Incumbent 		53A House District 53A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Tou Xiong (DFL) *
  • William A Johnston (R)
*Incumbent
16B House District 16B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Paul Torkelson (R) *
  • Marinda "Mindy" Kimmel (DFL)
*Incumbent 		18B House District 18B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Glenn Gruenhagen (R) *
  • Heather Bakke (DFL)
*Incumbent 		47A House District 47A
Total spending: $12,042.0
Candidates:
  • Jim Nash (R) *
  • Arlan Brinkmeier (DFL)
*Incumbent 		33A House District 33A
Total spending: $998.0
Candidates:
  • Jerry Hertaus (R) *
  • Caitlin Cahill (DFL)
*Incumbent 		33B House District 33B
Total spending: $86,248.0
Candidates:
  • Kelly Morrison (DFL) *
  • Andrew Myers (R)
*Incumbent 		46B House District 46B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Cheryl Youakim (DFL) *
  • Melissa Moore (R)
*Incumbent 		61A House District 61A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Frank Hornstein (DFL) *
  • Kurtis Fechtmeyer (R)
*Incumbent 		62A House District 62A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Hodan Hassan (DFL) *
  • Arjun Kataria (R)
*Incumbent 		63A House District 63A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jim Davnie (DFL) *
  • Penny Arcos (R)
  • April Kane (DFL)
  • David Wiester (LMN)
*Incumbent 		65B House District 65B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Carlos Mariani (DFL) *
  • Margaret Mary Stokely (R)
*Incumbent 		53B House District 53B
Total spending: $53,118.0
Candidates:
  • Steve Sandell (DFL) *
  • Kelly Jahner-Byrne (R)
*Incumbent 		54B House District 54B
Total spending: $138,729.0
Candidates:
  • Tony Jurgens (R) *
  • Kelsey Waits (DFL)
*Incumbent
19A House District 19A
Total spending: $104,122.0
Candidates:
  • Jeff Brand (DFL) *
  • Susan Akland (R)
*Incumbent 		20A House District 20A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Erina Prom (DFL)
  • Brian Pfarr (R)
20B House District 20B
Total spending: $3,655.0
Candidates:
  • Todd Lippert (DFL) *
  • Joe Moravchik (R)
*Incumbent 		58B House District 58B
Total spending: $998.0
Candidates:
  • Pat Garofalo (R) *
  • Sara Wolf (DFL)
*Incumbent 		21A House District 21A
Total spending: $19,620.0
Candidates:
  • Barb Haley (R) *
  • Matt Bruns (DFL)
*Incumbent 		21B House District 21B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Steve Drazkowski (R) *
  • Elise Diesslin (DFL)
*Incumbent 		48A House District 48A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Laurie Pryor (DFL) *
  • Eric Wessels (R)
*Incumbent 		49A House District 49A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Heather Edelson (DFL) *
*Incumbent 		61B House District 61B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jamie Long (DFL) *
  • Lisa Pohlman (R)
*Incumbent 		62B House District 62B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Aisha Gomez (DFL) *
  • Ross Tenneson (R)
*Incumbent 		63B House District 63B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Dennis Schuller (LMN)
  • Emma Greenman (DFL)
  • Husniyah Dent Bradley (DFL)
  • Jerome T Evans (DFL)
  • Frank Pafko (R)
64B House District 64B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Dave Pinto (DFL) *
  • Georgia Dietz (R)
*Incumbent 		52A House District 52A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Rick Hansen (DFL) *
  • Mariah de la Paz (R)
*Incumbent 		54A House District 54A
Total spending: $141,544.0
Candidates:
  • Anne Claflin (DFL) *
  • Keith Franke (R)
*Incumbent
22B House District 22B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Rod Hamilton (R) *
  • Lynn Herrick (DFL)
*Incumbent 		19B House District 19B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Jeremy Loger (R)
  • Luke Frederick (DFL)
23B House District 23B
Total spending: $53,981.0
Candidates:
  • Jeremy Munson (R) *
  • Leroy McClelland (DFL)
*Incumbent 		25B House District 25B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Kenneth L. Bush (R)
  • Liz Boldon (DFL)
24B House District 24B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Brian Daniels (R) *
  • Ashley Martinez-Perez (DFL)
*Incumbent 		25A House District 25A
Total spending: $250.0
Candidates:
  • Duane Robert Quam (R) *
  • Kim Hicks (DFL)
*Incumbent 		28A House District 28A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Gene P. Pelowski Jr. (DFL) *
*Incumbent 		47B House District 47B
Total spending: $43,897.0
Candidates:
  • Greg Boe (R) *
  • Dan Kessler (DFL)
*Incumbent 		48B House District 48B
Total spending: $19,277.0
Candidates:
  • Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (DFL) *
  • Holly Link (R)
*Incumbent 		49B House District 49B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Steve Elkins (DFL) *
  • Joe Thalman (R)
*Incumbent 		50A House District 50A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Michael Howard (DFL) *
  • Tim Johnson (R)
*Incumbent 		50B House District 50B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Andrew Carlson (DFL) *
  • Gary Heyer (R)
*Incumbent 		51A House District 51A
Total spending: $435.0
Candidates:
  • Sandra Masin (DFL) *
  • Justin Clark (DFL)
  • Patrick J. Zurick (R)
*Incumbent 		51B House District 51B
Total spending: $435.0
Candidates:
  • Fern A. Smith (R)
  • Liz Reyer (DFL)
  • Mike Maguire (DFL)
52B House District 52B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Ruth Richardson (DFL) *
  • Cynthia Lonnquist (R)
*Incumbent
22A House District 22A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Joe Schomacker (R) *
  • Chris Baumberger (DFL)
*Incumbent 		23A House District 23A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Patricia Fahey Bacon (DFL)
  • Bjorn Olson (R)
24A House District 24A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John Petersburg (R) *
  • Tom Shea (DFL)
*Incumbent 		26B House District 26B
Total spending: $24,787.0
Candidates:
  • Nels T. Pierson (R) *
  • Randy Brock (DFL)
*Incumbent 		26A House District 26A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Tina Liebling (DFL) *
  • Gary Melin (R)
*Incumbent 		27A House District 27A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Peggy Bennett (R) *
  • Joe Pacovsky (DFL)
  • Thomas Martinez (DFL)
*Incumbent 		27B House District 27B
Total spending: $82,512.0
Candidates:
  • Jeanne Poppe (DFL) *
  • Patricia Mueller (R)
*Incumbent 		28B House District 28B
Total spending: $19,711.0
Candidates:
  • Gregory M. Davids (R) *
  • Jordan Fontenello (DFL)
*Incumbent 		55A House District 55A
Total spending: $129,632.0
Candidates:
  • Brad Tabke (DFL) *
  • Erik Mortensen (R)
  • Ryan Martin (LMN)
*Incumbent 		55B House District 55B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Tony Albright (R) *
  • Andrea Nelsen (DFL)
*Incumbent 		56A House District 56A
Total spending: $75,894.0
Candidates:
  • Pam Myhra (R)
  • Jessica Hanson (DFL)
56B House District 56B
Total spending: $197,133.0
Candidates:
  • Kaela Berg (DFL)
  • Roz Peterson (R)
58A House District 58A
Total spending: $42,356.0
Candidates:
  • Jon Koznick (R) *
  • Erin Preese (DFL)
*Incumbent 		57A House District 57A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Robert Bierman (DFL) *
  • Megan Olson (R)
*Incumbent 		57B House District 57B
Total spending: $2,614.0
Candidates:
  • John D. Huot (DFL) *
  • Sandra A. Jimenez (R)
*Incumbent

Legend

  •   Up to $197,133
  •   Up to $157,706
  •   Up to $118,279
  •   Up to $78,853
  •   Up to $39,426
  •   No spending data reported
  •   Republican won

Minnesota House — Spending to benefit Democratic candidates

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2A House District 2A
Total spending: $447.0
Candidates:
  • Mathew J. Grossell (R) *
  • Jeremiah Liend (DFL)
*Incumbent
1A House District 1A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John Burkel (R)
  • Connie Lindstrom (DFL)
1B House District 1B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Debra (Deb) Kiel (R) *
  • Cindy Ansbacher (DFL)
*Incumbent 		2B House District 2B
Total spending: $266.0
Candidates:
  • Steve Green (R) *
  • David Suby (DFL)
*Incumbent 		6A House District 6A
Total spending: $71,245.0
Candidates:
  • Julie Sandstede (DFL) *
  • Robert Farnsworth (R)
*Incumbent 		6B House District 6B
Total spending: $82,853.0
Candidates:
  • David Lislegard (DFL) *
  • Julie Buria (R)
*Incumbent 		3B House District 3B
Total spending: $867.0
Candidates:
  • Mary Murphy (DFL) *
  • Andrew J Hjelle (R)
*Incumbent 		3A House District 3A
Total spending: $91,628.0
Candidates:
  • Rob Ecklund (DFL) *
  • Thomas Manninen (R)
*Incumbent
4A House District 4A
Total spending: $1,844.0
Candidates:
  • Chuck Hendrickson (DFL)
  • Heather Keeler (DFL)
  • Edwin Hahn (R)
4B House District 4B
Total spending: $213,580.0
Candidates:
  • Paul Marquart (DFL) *
  • Brian Anderson (R)
*Incumbent 		5A House District 5A
Total spending: $206,631.0
Candidates:
  • John Persell (DFL) *
  • Matt Bliss (R)
*Incumbent 		5B House District 5B
Total spending: $57,292.0
Candidates:
  • Spencer Igo (R)
  • Joe Abeyta (DFL)
7B House District 7B
Total spending: $1,933.0
Candidates:
  • Liz Olson (DFL) *
  • Art Johnston (R)
*Incumbent 		7A House District 7A
Total spending: $1,911.0
Candidates:
  • Jennifer Schultz (DFL) *
  • Tom Sullivan (R)
*Incumbent
8A House District 8A
Total spending: $200.0
Candidates:
  • Jordan Rasmusson (R)
  • Brittney Johnson (DFL)
8B House District 8B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Mary Franson (R) *
  • Carol Wenner (DFL)
*Incumbent 		10A House District 10A
Total spending: $413.0
Candidates:
  • Josh Heintzeman (R) *
  • Dale Menk (DFL)
*Incumbent 		10B House District 10B
Total spending: $212.0
Candidates:
  • Gaylene Spolarich (DFL)
  • Dale K. Lueck (R)
11A House District 11A
Total spending: $14,516.0
Candidates:
  • Mike Sundin (DFL) *
  • Jeff Dotseth (R)
*Incumbent 		30A House District 30A
Total spending: $669.0
Candidates:
  • Paul Novotny (R) *
  • Chad Hobot (DFL)
*Incumbent 		30B House District 30B
Total spending: $740.0
Candidates:
  • Eric Lucero (R) *
  • Brad Kovach (DFL)
*Incumbent 		35A House District 35A
Total spending: $513.0
Candidates:
  • John Heinrich (R)
  • Mike Erickson (DFL)
35B House District 35B
Total spending: $281.0
Candidates:
  • Peggy Scott (R) *
  • Jason Ruffalo (DFL)
*Incumbent 		31B House District 31B
Total spending: $270.0
Candidates:
  • Cal K. Bahr (R) *
  • Sue Larson (DFL)
*Incumbent 		32B House District 32B
Total spending: $457.0
Candidates:
  • Anne Neu (R) *
  • Katie Malchow (DFL)
*Incumbent
12A House District 12A
Total spending: $986.0
Candidates:
  • Murray Smart (DFL)
  • Jeffery W Backer (R)
9A House District 9A
Total spending: $212.0
Candidates:
  • John M Poston (R) *
  • Alex Herring (DFL)
*Incumbent 		9B House District 9B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Ron Kresha (R) *
  • Laura Wright (DFL)
*Incumbent 		15B House District 15B
Total spending: $327.0
Candidates:
  • Shane Mekeland (R) *
  • Ron Thiessen (DFL)
  • Myron Arthur Wilson (VPM)
*Incumbent 		11B House District 11B
Total spending: $1,209.0
Candidates:
  • Nathan Nelson (R) *
  • Jack Frechette (DFL)
*Incumbent 		34A House District 34A
Total spending: $119,899.0
Candidates:
  • Kristin Robbins (R) *
  • Brian Raines (DFL)
*Incumbent 		36A House District 36A
Total spending: $329,076.0
Candidates:
  • Zack Stephenson (DFL) *
  • Bill Maresh (R)
*Incumbent 		36B House District 36B
Total spending: $5,193.0
Candidates:
  • Melissa Hortman (DFL) *
  • Scott Simmons (R)
*Incumbent 		37A House District 37A
Total spending: $6,410.0
Candidates:
  • Erin Koegel (DFL) *
  • Ken Wendling (R)
*Incumbent 		37B House District 37B
Total spending: $338,493.0
Candidates:
  • Nolan West (R) *
  • Amir Joseph Malik (DFL)
*Incumbent 		38A House District 38A
Total spending: $120,567.0
Candidates:
  • Donald Raleigh (R)
  • Kris Fredrick (DFL)
38B House District 38B
Total spending: $315,574.0
Candidates:
  • Elliott Engen (R)
  • Ami Wazlawik (DFL)
39A House District 39A
Total spending: $7,558.0
Candidates:
  • Bob Dettmer (R) *
  • Ann Mozey (DFL)
  • Chuck Fitzer (DFL)
*Incumbent
12B House District 12B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Paul Anderson (R) *
  • Ben Schirmers (DFL)
*Incumbent 		13A House District 13A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Lisa Demuth (R) *
  • Katy Westlund (DFL)
*Incumbent 		13B House District 13B
Total spending: $443.0
Candidates:
  • Tim O'Driscoll (R) *
  • Benjamin Carollo (DFL)
*Incumbent 		15A House District 15A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Sondra Erickson (R) *
  • Cal Schmock (DFL)
*Incumbent 		32A House District 32A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Brian Johnson (R) *
  • Renae Berg (DFL)
*Incumbent 		34B House District 34B
Total spending: $209,246.0
Candidates:
  • Kristin Bahner (DFL) *
  • Dori Trossen (R)
*Incumbent 		40A House District 40A
Total spending: $889.0
Candidates:
  • Michael V. Nelson (DFL) *
  • David True (R)
*Incumbent 		40B House District 40B
Total spending: $263.0
Candidates:
  • Samantha Vang (DFL) *
  • Charlotte Smith (R)
  • Mary O'Connor (LMN)
*Incumbent 		41A House District 41A
Total spending: $1,131.0
Candidates:
  • Connie Bernardy (DFL) *
  • Susan A. Erickson (R)
*Incumbent 		41B House District 41B
Total spending: $1,143.0
Candidates:
  • Ronald Ray Vogel (R)
  • Sandra Feist (DFL)
42A House District 42A
Total spending: $4,275.0
Candidates:
  • Kelly Moller (DFL) *
  • Candy Sina (R)
*Incumbent 		42B House District 42B
Total spending: $1,774.0
Candidates:
  • Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL) *
  • Sue Finney (R)
*Incumbent 		43A House District 43A
Total spending: $1,880.0
Candidates:
  • Peter M Fischer (DFL)
  • Paul Babin (R)
17A House District 17A
Total spending: $182.0
Candidates:
  • Tim Miller (R) *
  • Ben Dolan (DFL)
  • Robert M Wright (DFL)
  • Ed Engelmann (LMN)
*Incumbent 		17B House District 17B
Total spending: $203.0
Candidates:
  • Dave Baker (R) *
  • Logan Kortgard (DFL)
*Incumbent 		14A House District 14A
Total spending: $100,943.0
Candidates:
  • Tama Theis (R) *
  • Tamara 'Tami' Calhoun (DFL)
*Incumbent 		14B House District 14B
Total spending: $306,549.0
Candidates:
  • Dan Wolgamott (DFL) *
  • Paul Brandmire (R)
*Incumbent 		31A House District 31A
Total spending: $559.0
Candidates:
  • Kurt Daudt (R) *
  • Brad Brown (DFL)
*Incumbent 		44A House District 44A
Total spending: $16,745.0
Candidates:
  • Ginny Klevorn (DFL) *
  • Perry Nouis (R)
*Incumbent 		45A House District 45A
Total spending: $1,223.0
Candidates:
  • Daonna Depoister (DFL)
  • Cedrick Rommel Frazier (DFL)
  • Jesse Pfliger (R)
45B House District 45B
Total spending: $1,004.0
Candidates:
  • Mike Freiberg (DFL) *
  • Ken Fitzgerald (R)
*Incumbent 		59A House District 59A
Total spending: $449.0
Candidates:
  • Fue Lee (DFL) *
  • Marcus Harcus (GLC)
*Incumbent 		60A House District 60A
Total spending: $4,406.0
Candidates:
  • Sydney Jordan (DFL) *
  • John Holmberg (R)
  • Calvin Lee Carpenter (VPM)
*Incumbent 		66A House District 66A
Total spending: $704.0
Candidates:
  • Alice Hausman (DFL) *
  • Brett Rose (R)
*Incumbent 		66B House District 66B
Total spending: $904.0
Candidates:
  • John Lesch (DFL) *
  • Athena Hollins (DFL)
  • Mikki Murray (R)
*Incumbent 		67A House District 67A
Total spending: $553.0
Candidates:
  • John Thompson (DFL)
  • John Stromenger (R)
  • Hoang Murphy (DFL)
43B House District 43B
Total spending: $524.0
Candidates:
  • Leon M. Lillie (DFL) *
  • Jordan Herzog (R)
  • Antonio Nerios (VPM)
*Incumbent 		39B House District 39B
Total spending: $344,874.0
Candidates:
  • Shelly Christensen (DFL) *
  • Joe Garofalo (R)
*Incumbent
16A House District 16A
Total spending: $217.0
Candidates:
  • Chris Swedzinski (R) *
  • Doria Drost (DFL)
*Incumbent 		18A House District 18A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Dean Urdahl (R) *
*Incumbent 		29A House District 29A
Total spending: $710.0
Candidates:
  • Joe McDonald (R) *
  • Renée Cardarelle (DFL)
*Incumbent 		29B House District 29B
Total spending: $250.0
Candidates:
  • Marion O'Neill (R) *
  • Joe Rosh (DFL)
*Incumbent 		44B House District 44B
Total spending: $11,433.0
Candidates:
  • Patty Acomb (DFL) *
  • Gary Porter (R)
*Incumbent 		46A House District 46A
Total spending: $5,059.0
Candidates:
  • Ryan Winkler (DFL) *
  • Anne Taylor (R)
*Incumbent 		59B House District 59B
Total spending: $844.0
Candidates:
  • Raymond Dehn (DFL) *
  • Lisa Neal-Delgado (GP)
  • Isaiah Whitmore (DFL)
  • Esther Agbaje (DFL)
  • Alan Shilepsky (R)
*Incumbent 		60B House District 60B
Total spending: $966.0
Candidates:
  • Mohamud Noor (DFL) *
*Incumbent 		64A House District 64A
Total spending: $1,236.0
Candidates:
  • Kaohly Her (DFL) *
  • Sherry Schack (R)
*Incumbent 		65A House District 65A
Total spending: $850.0
Candidates:
  • Rena Moran (DFL) *
  • Amy Anderson (R)
*Incumbent 		67B House District 67B
Total spending: $245.0
Candidates:
  • Jay Xiong (DFL) *
  • Fred Turk (R)
*Incumbent 		53A House District 53A
Total spending: $2,031.0
Candidates:
  • Tou Xiong (DFL) *
  • William A Johnston (R)
*Incumbent
16B House District 16B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Paul Torkelson (R) *
  • Marinda "Mindy" Kimmel (DFL)
*Incumbent 		18B House District 18B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Glenn Gruenhagen (R) *
  • Heather Bakke (DFL)
*Incumbent 		47A House District 47A
Total spending: $241.0
Candidates:
  • Jim Nash (R) *
  • Arlan Brinkmeier (DFL)
*Incumbent 		33A House District 33A
Total spending: $13,936.0
Candidates:
  • Jerry Hertaus (R) *
  • Caitlin Cahill (DFL)
*Incumbent 		33B House District 33B
Total spending: $307,852.0
Candidates:
  • Kelly Morrison (DFL) *
  • Andrew Myers (R)
*Incumbent 		46B House District 46B
Total spending: $1,132.0
Candidates:
  • Cheryl Youakim (DFL) *
  • Melissa Moore (R)
*Incumbent 		61A House District 61A
Total spending: $1,158.0
Candidates:
  • Frank Hornstein (DFL) *
  • Kurtis Fechtmeyer (R)
*Incumbent 		62A House District 62A
Total spending: $1,507.0
Candidates:
  • Hodan Hassan (DFL) *
  • Arjun Kataria (R)
*Incumbent 		63A House District 63A
Total spending: $1,330.0
Candidates:
  • Jim Davnie (DFL) *
  • Penny Arcos (R)
  • April Kane (DFL)
  • David Wiester (LMN)
*Incumbent 		65B House District 65B
Total spending: $973.0
Candidates:
  • Carlos Mariani (DFL) *
  • Margaret Mary Stokely (R)
*Incumbent 		53B House District 53B
Total spending: $51,464.0
Candidates:
  • Steve Sandell (DFL) *
  • Kelly Jahner-Byrne (R)
*Incumbent 		54B House District 54B
Total spending: $199,323.0
Candidates:
  • Tony Jurgens (R) *
  • Kelsey Waits (DFL)
*Incumbent
19A House District 19A
Total spending: $158,741.0
Candidates:
  • Jeff Brand (DFL) *
  • Susan Akland (R)
*Incumbent 		20A House District 20A
Total spending: $4,250.0
Candidates:
  • Erina Prom (DFL)
  • Brian Pfarr (R)
20B House District 20B
Total spending: $236,850.0
Candidates:
  • Todd Lippert (DFL) *
  • Joe Moravchik (R)
*Incumbent 		58B House District 58B
Total spending: $1,829.0
Candidates:
  • Pat Garofalo (R) *
  • Sara Wolf (DFL)
*Incumbent 		21A House District 21A
Total spending: $834.0
Candidates:
  • Barb Haley (R) *
  • Matt Bruns (DFL)
*Incumbent 		21B House District 21B
Total spending: $1,095.0
Candidates:
  • Steve Drazkowski (R) *
  • Elise Diesslin (DFL)
*Incumbent 		48A House District 48A
Total spending: $4,140.0
Candidates:
  • Laurie Pryor (DFL) *
  • Eric Wessels (R)
*Incumbent 		49A House District 49A
Total spending: $650.0
Candidates:
  • Heather Edelson (DFL) *
*Incumbent 		61B House District 61B
Total spending: $1,166.0
Candidates:
  • Jamie Long (DFL) *
  • Lisa Pohlman (R)
*Incumbent 		62B House District 62B
Total spending: $245.0
Candidates:
  • Aisha Gomez (DFL) *
  • Ross Tenneson (R)
*Incumbent 		63B House District 63B
Total spending: $5,174.0
Candidates:
  • Dennis Schuller (LMN)
  • Emma Greenman (DFL)
  • Husniyah Dent Bradley (DFL)
  • Jerome T Evans (DFL)
  • Frank Pafko (R)
64B House District 64B
Total spending: $1,279.0
Candidates:
  • Dave Pinto (DFL) *
  • Georgia Dietz (R)
*Incumbent 		52A House District 52A
Total spending: $1,275.0
Candidates:
  • Rick Hansen (DFL) *
  • Mariah de la Paz (R)
*Incumbent 		54A House District 54A
Total spending: $66,881.0
Candidates:
  • Anne Claflin (DFL) *
  • Keith Franke (R)
*Incumbent
22B House District 22B
Total spending: $203.0
Candidates:
  • Rod Hamilton (R) *
  • Lynn Herrick (DFL)
*Incumbent 		19B House District 19B
Total spending: $2,685.0
Candidates:
  • Jeremy Loger (R)
  • Luke Frederick (DFL)
23B House District 23B
Total spending: $12,854.0
Candidates:
  • Jeremy Munson (R) *
  • Leroy McClelland (DFL)
*Incumbent 		25B House District 25B
Total spending: $14,517.0
Candidates:
  • Kenneth L. Bush (R)
  • Liz Boldon (DFL)
24B House District 24B
Total spending: $188.0
Candidates:
  • Brian Daniels (R) *
  • Ashley Martinez-Perez (DFL)
*Incumbent 		25A House District 25A
Total spending: $6,584.0
Candidates:
  • Duane Robert Quam (R) *
  • Kim Hicks (DFL)
*Incumbent 		28A House District 28A
Total spending: $446.0
Candidates:
  • Gene P. Pelowski Jr. (DFL) *
*Incumbent 		47B House District 47B
Total spending: $166,108.0
Candidates:
  • Greg Boe (R) *
  • Dan Kessler (DFL)
*Incumbent 		48B House District 48B
Total spending: $85,375.0
Candidates:
  • Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (DFL) *
  • Holly Link (R)
*Incumbent 		49B House District 49B
Total spending: $5,617.0
Candidates:
  • Steve Elkins (DFL) *
  • Joe Thalman (R)
*Incumbent 		50A House District 50A
Total spending: $893.0
Candidates:
  • Michael Howard (DFL) *
  • Tim Johnson (R)
*Incumbent 		50B House District 50B
Total spending: $655.0
Candidates:
  • Andrew Carlson (DFL) *
  • Gary Heyer (R)
*Incumbent 		51A House District 51A
Total spending: $1,384.0
Candidates:
  • Sandra Masin (DFL) *
  • Justin Clark (DFL)
  • Patrick J. Zurick (R)
*Incumbent 		51B House District 51B
Total spending: $3,792.0
Candidates:
  • Fern A. Smith (R)
  • Liz Reyer (DFL)
  • Mike Maguire (DFL)
52B House District 52B
Total spending: $44,860.0
Candidates:
  • Ruth Richardson (DFL) *
  • Cynthia Lonnquist (R)
*Incumbent
22A House District 22A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Joe Schomacker (R) *
  • Chris Baumberger (DFL)
*Incumbent 		23A House District 23A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Patricia Fahey Bacon (DFL)
  • Bjorn Olson (R)
24A House District 24A
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • John Petersburg (R) *
  • Tom Shea (DFL)
*Incumbent 		26B House District 26B
Total spending: $51,985.0
Candidates:
  • Nels T. Pierson (R) *
  • Randy Brock (DFL)
*Incumbent 		26A House District 26A
Total spending: $8,838.0
Candidates:
  • Tina Liebling (DFL) *
  • Gary Melin (R)
*Incumbent 		27A House District 27A
Total spending: $2,191.0
Candidates:
  • Peggy Bennett (R) *
  • Joe Pacovsky (DFL)
  • Thomas Martinez (DFL)
*Incumbent 		27B House District 27B
Total spending: $149,964.0
Candidates:
  • Jeanne Poppe (DFL) *
  • Patricia Mueller (R)
*Incumbent 		28B House District 28B
No spending data reported
Candidates:
  • Gregory M. Davids (R) *
  • Jordan Fontenello (DFL)
*Incumbent 		55A House District 55A
Total spending: $252,849.0
Candidates:
  • Brad Tabke (DFL) *
  • Erik Mortensen (R)
  • Ryan Martin (LMN)
*Incumbent 		55B House District 55B
Total spending: $327.0
Candidates:
  • Tony Albright (R) *
  • Andrea Nelsen (DFL)
*Incumbent 		56A House District 56A
Total spending: $284,772.0
Candidates:
  • Pam Myhra (R)
  • Jessica Hanson (DFL)
56B House District 56B
Total spending: $273,917.0
Candidates:
  • Kaela Berg (DFL)
  • Roz Peterson (R)
58A House District 58A
Total spending: $91,595.0
Candidates:
  • Jon Koznick (R) *
  • Erin Preese (DFL)
*Incumbent 		57A House District 57A
Total spending: $36,112.0
Candidates:
  • Robert Bierman (DFL) *
  • Megan Olson (R)
*Incumbent 		57B House District 57B
Total spending: $80,422.0
Candidates:
  • John D. Huot (DFL) *
  • Sandra A. Jimenez (R)
*Incumbent

Legend

  •   Up to $344,874
  •   Up to $275,899
  •   Up to $206,924
  •   Up to $137,949
  •   Up to $68,974
  •   No spending data reported
  •   DFLer won

The list of top-spending organizations include some familiar names. Topping the list is the Alliance for a Better Minnesota, which spent $5.82 million. Then there was the state DFL party, which spent roughly $4.1 million, and the House DFL caucus, which spent $2.74 million. 

Outside spending in legislative races by top 20 groups
Note: Spending includes independent expenditures and in some cases, includes money spent in primaries.
Source: Minnesota Campaign Finance Board

The DFL not only has the biggest groups, it has more of them. After the top three, the biggest spenders include labor organizations, environmental groups, Planned Parenthood and Everytown for Gun Safety. 

GOP-aligned groups were not as flush, nor as numerous. Advance Minnesota, affiliated with the national Republican party, spent $1.74 million on legislative races. Also in the Top 10 were the campaign finance arms of the Senate and House GOP caucuses. Further down are two business organizations: the Coalition of Minnesota Businesses and the Pro Jobs Majority.

These reports mostly look back at the 2020 election. But this is also the first look at fundraising for incumbents who won’t be on the ballot until 2022. 

Gov. Tim Walz, whose campaign made a push among donors to donate as 2020 was ending, finished the year with $1.31 million cash on hand. Of that, $656,349 was from 2019 and $692,284 was raised last year. 

On Tuesday, the Walz campaign sent out a statement claiming a fundraising record for a Minnesota governor two years into his term. That may be true, even if political fundraising totals grow year over year and previous two-term Gov. Mark Dayton wasn’t someone who paid a lot of attention to fundraising.