We take an early look at the DFL money game for 2025. The election calendar this year will be dominated by city-level races in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Also, there have been and will be special elections for state House and state Senate to fill vacant seats in the two chambers.
Most campaign finance entities don’t have to report 2025 results until January 2026. But the state DFL party unit and the main entities involved in 2025 races do file interim reports.
Our Minnesota For Sale spreadsheet for 2025 will remain a work in progress, but here’s the top contributors we’ve been tracking to date,
Wealthy individuals Alida Messinger (Rockefeller oil heiress) and Vance Opperman (local investor) appear, as always.
All of MPLS and MPLS for the Many are the two leading fundraising vehicles on each side of the left/far-left intra-DFL political divide in Minneapolis.
George Soros (Democracy PAC II) can always be counted on for a six-figure donation, even in “off” years.
The usual labor unions and random out-of-state donors appear. A longer list for the year so far,
