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STRIB: DFL CANDIDATES RELY ON TRIBAL DONATIONS
By Luke Hellier | December 21, 2009
Pat Doyle from the Star Tribune did a piece on the DFL candidates and their reliance on tribal casinos for campaign funds. Â Here is the story below:
Money is the lifeblood of politics, and DFL candidates for governor are engaged in some public bloodletting to get it.
When candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher recently got caught cutting corners to collect some cash, it exposed fierce competition in a crowded field to tap reliable party donors.
And for DFLers, few donors have become more reliable than the state’s tribal casinos.
Since 1998, tribal casino interests have given more than $4 million in political contributions — the vast majority of it to DFLers. The money has been credited by some with helping preserve a tribal monopoly on casino gambling.
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