Preparing For Re-Election Push, Walz Campaign Announces It’s Hiring Staff, Breaking Fundraising Records

CBS Minnesota

February 2, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — While Gov. Tim Walz has yet to say that he’s running for re-election next year, his campaign announced Tuesday that it’s hiring staff and has broken fundraising records.

In a statement, the campaign said that the governor has raised just over $1.7 million since he took office, setting a new record for a Minnesota governor two years into their term. The campaign says that at the end of last year it had $1.3 million in cash on hand and added another $550,000 just last month. The campaign credits the record fundraising to strong support from Minnesotans across the state.

“This has been a challenging year for all of us, so to know that Minnesotans continue to believe in our message of One Minnesota is truly heartening,” the governor said in a statement. “The fundraising success that we have achieved in these first two years illustrates that our unifying message can carry the day at a time when politics feels all too divisive.”

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