Outside money flooding Minnesota campaigns

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Campaign finance reports released a week before the election show outside groups are spending more on ads and get-out-the-vote efforts than the candidates’ own campaigns.

Campaign finance reports released Tuesday show more than $55 million flowing into the two most competitive state-level races — with more being spent by outside groups than by the candidates’ own campaigns.

Much of the money is going toward TV ads blanketing the airwaves in the runup to the Nov. 3 election.

The reports filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board run through Oct. 19, so they don’t yet show the entire financial picture. State law requires the reports to be released one week before Election Day.

Governor’s race

Outside groups have spent more than $18 million so far in the Read Entire Article