Mark Dayton (DFL)$4.2 million
Tom Emmer (GOP)$2.2 million
Tom Horner (IP)$1.2 million
Three major interest groups influencing the governor's race:
Money raisedMoney spent
Alliance for a$5.4 million$4.8 million
Better Minnesota,
Spending in 2010 by candidates for Minnesota governor:
October 27, 2010 at 2:10AM
pro-union
MN Forward,$1.9 million$1.7 million
pro-business
Minnesota's Future,$2.2 million$1.2 million
pro-business
NOTE: All figures are from Jan. 1-Oct. 18, 2010, and don't include a recent $340,000 raised by Alliance for a Better Minnesota and $25,000 raised by Minnesota's Future.
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