Erik Mortensen spent more than any other Republican House candidate or officeholder in Minnesota


Minnesota Republican House candidates and officeholders have spent $1.6 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state representatives and candidates, Erik Mortensen has spent more than any other Republican.

Mortensen is the representative for Minnesota House District 55A and is running to represent Minnesota House of Representatives District 54A in 2022. Mortensen raised $115,776 and spent $58,738 between Jan. 1, 2021, and July 18, 2022. According to Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board reports, Mortensen spent the most money with the following individual payees and PACs.

Erik Mortensen’s Top 10 Payees, (1/1/2021 – 7/18/2022)

Of the $58,738 in reported expenditures, $54,675 went to these 10 payees:

Total Expenditures Name Type
$20,731 Alexandra Salsman INDIVIDUAL
$14,473 Nationbuilder ENTITY
$5,116 Veni Graphics Inc ENTITY
$3,000 Kathy Atkins INDIVIDUAL
$3,000 Remnant Consulting ENTITY
$2,490 Rush Order Tees ENTITY
$2,280 Screen Tech ENTITY
$1,528 Derek Wehrwein ENTITY
$1,078 Vistaprint ENTITY
$980 I360 LLC 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 Erik Mortensen’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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