Minnesota Republican statewide candidates and officeholders have spent $5.2 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among statewide officials and candidates, Scott Jensen has spent more than any other Republican.
Jensen is running for Governor of Minnesota in 2022. Jensen raised $2.3 million and spent $1.7 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and July 18, 2022. According to Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board reports, Jensen spent the most money with the following individual payees and PACs.
Scott Jensen’s Top 10 Payees, (1/1/2021 – 7/18/2022)
Of the $1.7 million in reported expenditures, $986,187 went to these 10 payees:
Total Expenditures | Name | Type |
$137,245 | Rho Business & Accounting Services LLC | ENTITY |
$136,421 | Facebook Inc | ENTITY |
$136,383 | iHeartMedia | ENTITY |
$109,529 | Learfield Communications | ENTITY |
$102,411 | Richter Picture Company | ENTITY |
$89,400 | Barbara Malzacher | INDIVIDUAL |
$78,000 | Valkyrie Strategies LLC | ENTITY |
$69,273 | New Life Enterprises | ENTITY |
$65,000 | Koechel Peterson & Associates | ENTITY |
$62,526 | Dr Jensen Scott Campaign | ENTITY |
The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Minnesota PACs submitted to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. Political expenditures that are not controlled by candidates or their campaigns, known as satellite spending, are not included in candidate totals. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.
See updates to Scott Jensen’s campaign finance data after the next reports are available.
Report Name | Report Due Date |
2022 Jan Annual | 1/31/2022 |
2022 Q1 | 4/14/2022 |
2022 Q2 | 6/14/2022 |
2022 Jul Semiannual | 7/25/2022 |
2022 Q3 | 9/27/2022 |
2022 Q4 | 10/31/2022 |
2022 Jan Annual | 1/31/2023 |
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