Minnesota Democratic State Senate candidates and officeholders have spent $1.6 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state senators and candidates, Kelly Morrison has spent more than any other Democrat.

Morrison is the representative for Minnesota Senate District 33B and is running to represent Minnesota State Senate District 45 in 2022. Morrison raised $246,576 and spent $70,737 between Jan. 1, 2021, and July 18, 2022. According to Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board reports, Morrison spent the most money with the following individual payees and PACs.

Kelly Morrison’s Top 10 Payees, (1/1/2021 – 7/18/2022)

Of the $70,737 in reported expenditures, $54,723 went to these 10 payees:

*A PAC is a group that spends money on elections. Conduit PACs, such as ActBlue, are a subset of non-candidate PACs through which individuals can donate to candidate PACs.

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 Kelly Morrison’s campaign finance data after the next reports are available.

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