Q2 Fundraising

The Startribune started reporting on the numbers.

Ciresi raised $735,000 which is quite respectable. And the article notes that he started fundraising in May, meaning he lost at least a month of this quarter. The Startribune also reported that Ciresi is worth $26.73 million. I am against self-funding, if you can't win the support of Minnesotans financially, then you shouldn't be able to win their support in the election. While this isn't true in reality, I think in principle it should be. However, I find it borderling disgusting that Al Franken has held fundraisers in California and New York so I guess if Ciresi needs to self-fund to keep up with Al, it is not as unethical in my opinion. But, still slightly unethical nonetheless. Oh, and 73% of Ciresi's money came from MN, something Franken won't be able to boast I'm sure.

Coleman raised $1.5 million and has $4 million cash on hand. ::sigh:: He is a great fundraiser. However, about a third of his money comes from PAC's (out of the last $1.5 million he raised, $470,000 was from PACs). The money he is raising is going to make him such a tough opponent. It's a good thing its been proven that money isn't everything you need to win.

Franken has yet to announce his totals, however the Star Tribune reported today that Andy Barr spoke on behalf of the campaign and said he has 30,000 donors. I don't know if that means 30,000 total now or 30,000 from Q2 alone. Either way, that is some serious cash. It'll be interesting to see how many of them are from MN though.