Minnesota Independent » John Grisham http://minnesotaindependent.com News. Politics. Media. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:37:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Franken recount committee collected $1.1 million in first quarter http://minnesotaindependent.com/32255/franken-recount-committee-collected-11-million-in-first-quarter http://minnesotaindependent.com/32255/franken-recount-committee-collected-11-million-in-first-quarter#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:13:46 +0000 Paul Demko http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=32255 Al Franken’s recount committee raised slightly more cash than Norm Coleman’s during the first three months of the year. The Democrat’s recount committee hauled in $1.1 million in the…]]> 2736639487_ccedb10424Al Franken’s recount committee raised slightly more cash than Norm Coleman’s during the first three months of the year. The Democrat’s recount committee hauled in $1.1 million in the first quarter of 2009 to pay for the ongoing U.S. Senate contest. According to the group’s quarterly filing with the Federal Election Commission, it spent every penny available, leaving the coffers empty as of March 31.

Franken’s list of donors includes numerous celebrities: Tom Hanks, Burt Bacharach, Steve Martin, Jane Curtin, John Grisham, John McEnroe and Dan Aykroyd, among others. David Boies, who represented Al Gore in the 2000 presidential recount chipped in $12,300, while Bill Clinton’s former chief of staff, Thomas “Mack” McLarty, contributed $1,000.

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