![Between campaign stops, Scott Honour made phone calls and checked email from the front seat of his Ford F-350 truck which he had converted to run on natural gas, which is one of his businesses. Behind him is deputy communications director Valentina Weis. July 8, 2014 ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/V2ESVQRJZI6DPJIQNSSVSQL2Y4.jpg?&w=1080)
By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger and Glenn Howatt
Facing an August primary, Republicans are spending money quickly but DFL Gov. Mark Dayton hoarding more cash until the GOP sorts out its contest, according to recent campaign finance reports.
In the required pre-primary reports, Dayton has held on to nearly $850,000 of the cash he has raised despite spending more per day on his campaign operations than his would-be Republican rivals.
Republican Scott Honour, one of four men with organized campaigns for the GOP primary next month, spent nearly as much per day and had more than $540,000 left to spend in the build up to the primary. Honour, a first time candidate whose background, has brought in nearly $1.8 million for his campaign, half of it from personal loans to his campaign.
Dig into all the numbers -- including those from Republican-endorsed Jeff Johnson, Rep. Kurt Zellers and former Rep. Marty Seifert -- below:
In other constitutional officer contests, the numbers show the impact of both incumbency and a contested DFL primary race for auditor. In the auditor's race, DFL primary challenger Matt Entenza poured $255,000 of his own cash into his campaign against DFL Auditor Rebecca Otto.
View all the numbers below:
