By Jennifer Brooks
Phillips raised $500K in the first weeks
The deep-pocketed Democrat running for Minnesota's Third Congressional District seat says his donations have come entirely from individual donations over the campaigns first six weeks.
July 12, 2017 at 2:57PM
WASHINGTON -- Democrat Dean Phillips started his congressional bid with a personal fortune behind him -- and added another half-million dollars in donations in the campaign's first weeks.
The 2016 battle for that seat was a bruising, costly campaign that the incumbent won handily. Paulsen is a prodigious fundraiser, but Phillips managed to raise half a million dollars in a matter of weeks -- entirely, he said, from individual contributions.
"I am both humbled by and grateful for the outpouring of support I've received since I announced my candidacy in May," Phillips said in a statement this morning. "I am also proud that we accomplished this without raising a single dime from special interest PACs or lobbyists."
The campaign says Phillips contributed $5,400 of his own money -- the maximum individual donation -- to the campaign so far.
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