Something or other is going on in New Hampshire today. Plenty of coverage of primary results, as well as analysis and reaction from the blogs, to come later in the day.

In the meantime, we have money numbers in the Senate race! Let’s chew on some.

Senate:  DFL contender Al Franken announced yesterday that he raised a shade under $1.9 million for his campaign in the fourth quarter of 2007. With a net of about $700,000, that puts Franken’s cash-on-hand total above $3 million. It’s somewhat surprising that the Republican Party of Minnesota chooses Franken’s fund-raising prowess as an attack point, since incumbent Norm Coleman also announced yesterday that he raised $1.7 million in Q4 and now sits at $6 million in cash on hand. Coleman made clear that he’s had more Minnesotan donors than Franken so far (18,500 to 15,000), but did not appear to specify how many total donors he has. Since Franken’s campaign touted its total number (81,000), it is a reasonable bet that this number trumps Coleman’s total.

Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, who’s also seeking the DFL endorsement, said after Christmas that his campaign had raised over a quarter-million dollars in Q4. Mike Ciresi has not yet released fund-raising numbers, but when he does, we’ll have analysis.

More after the breakCD3:  As notebooked yesterday, Edina Mayor Jim Hovland officially kicked off his campaign for the 3rd District seat being vacated by Republican Jim Ramstad. In a statement accompanying the kickoff, Hovland said, “Pundits often talk about ours as a nation divided, as an intractable Blue-Red 50-50 split that results in stalemate and inaction until, finally, we’re forced to respond…The problem is that for too long we have focused on what divides us rather than what unites us.” Hovland staffer Jack Harris later said the day “exceeded our expectations” with well over 100 people attending the evening celebration. Hovland faces state Sen. Terri Bonoff of Minnetonka and attorney Ashwin Madia for the DFL endorsement, to be decided in convention later this year. (Aside: As if DFLers needed another reason to get out and vote this year…)

President:  State Republican Party Chair Ron Carey has announced that he is chairing the in-state campaign of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Elected officials are one thing; endorsements are just what they do this time of year. But it’s interesting that the head of the state party, charged with administrating the party process from precinct caucuses to state convention, is actively working for one of the contenders on the side.