Campaign finance spotlight: The biggest Minnesota political donations of 2008

When it comes to top-dollar Minnesota political contributions, the so-called "Legacy Amendment" was the big winner in 2008. Vote Yes Minnesota (VYM), a group formed to promote passage of the ballot initiative–which raises the state sales by a fraction of 1 percent to provide dedicated funding for the environment and the arts–took in a total of $1.82 million in donations of $25,000 or more last year.

That sum amounted to 46 percent of the $3.97 million in total receipts amassed by the group. In all, VYM collected 15 of the 27 political donations of $25,000 or more made by Minnesotans to in-state organizations last year. They also garnered the single largest political gift given by a private Minnesota citizen for the year: $1 million from local philanthropist and Rockefeller heir Alida Messinger.

The full list of $25k-plus donations is below the jump. And I’ll have a further breakdown and analysis of the list in next Monday’s Capitol Report.

 

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1. Anonymous Says:
   July 10th, 2009 at 2:53 pm

   I am amazed that it was possible to fit “Minn DFL State Central Committee” into one of those little boxes, but it was necessary to put “HRCC” for the House Republican committee. I wonder if this was done intentionally? Why would anyone want it to look like Democrats were getting big money and Republicans not? Hmmmm.

   Let’s at least struggle to be honest here.