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Explore 13 years of a payday lender's political spending

Brad Rixmann's rise to dominance in the payday lending industry has coincided with his and his family's growing political spending.

By Jeff Hargarten and

Ricardo Lopez

August 19, 2015 at 5:58PM

Since 2002, Brad Rixmann — the CEO of Payday America and Pawn America — has donated more than $540,000, nearly 90 percent of it going to Republican candidates and committees.

Explore his political donations from year to year along with the growth of payday lending in Minnesota.

Note: some totals for Payday America include data from Pawn America.

Source: National Institute on Money in State Politics

(Jamie Hutt/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Jeff Hargarten

Data Journalist

Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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Ricardo Lopez

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