ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican Michele Bachmann has dramatically reduced what had been a more than $1 million debt from her failed presidential run -- and she has her congressional re-election effort to thank for it.
Minn.'s Bachmann re-election campaign helped her significantly reduce presidential bid debts
December 7, 2012 at 2:58PM
New campaign finance reports show Bachmann repaid more than $750,000 in presidential campaign debt by transferring it from her congressional account. More than $500,000 of that was shipped over between late October and late November.
Bachmann is one of the most prolific fundraisers in Congress. She narrowly won a fourth term in November over Democrat Jim Graves.
The congressional run was her second 2012 campaign. She waged a brief run for the GOP presidential nomination but dropped out after a poor showing in Iowa's leadoff caucuses.
Her debt now stands at about $170,000.
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