Minnesota congressional candidates filed their quarterly campaign finance reports over the weekend, and once again U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann raised far more money than her North Star state colleagues.
Bachmann raised $1.9 million from April through June, bringing her total for the two-year election cycle to $7 million. That quarterly figure was four times more than any other member of the Minnesota House delegation collected.
The 6th District Republican from West Lakeland Township had $1.7 million in her campaign treasury June 30.
Her Democratic challenger, St. Cloud hotelier Jim Graves, had $404,000 in the bank after raising $256,000 in the previous three months. That figure includes a $150,000 loan he made to his campaign, on top of $100,000 that he chipped in to launch his campaign last winter.