According to the latest numbers. The article does not say how much of Kennedy's money is from out of of state. Expect this gap to grow with the latest Bush visit. I wish politics was not just how much money you can raise as it is now. :(
http://www.startribune.com/587/story/217237.html"WASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner Amy Klobuchar raised about $701,000 for her U.S. Senate campaign in the last quarter of 2005 and ended the year with $1.74 million in cash, but she fell nearly $1 million behind Republican Rep. Mark Kennedy in the early money chase, it was disclosed Tuesday.
However, the Senate fundraising race could turn topsy-turvy within days. Wealthy Minneapolis trial lawyer Mike Ciresi, a Democrat who invested $4.7 million of his personal fortune in an unsuccessful Senate campaign in 2000, is expected to announce by week's end whether he will try again.
In the Sixth District jockeying to succeed Kennedy, former state transportation commissioner Elwyn Tinklenberg raised $127,475 in the fourth quarter and more than $300,000 for the year, closing with nearly $185,000 in the bank. But Wetterling ended the year with more than $217,000 in cash and, if she decides to shift to the House race, she could use the cash from her Senate campaign.
In the four-way Republican race, state Sen. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, raised $105,807 in the quarter, boosting her 2005 total to more than $313,000, with $210,000 in cash on Dec. 31. State Rep. Phil Krinkie, R-Shoreview, raised more than $337,000 for the year, closing with $266,000 in cash, followed by Rep. Jim Knoblach, R-St. Cloud, with nearly $272,000 for the year, and more than $236,000 in cash (including $100,000 that he lent his campaign) and then by Cold Springs Granite executive Jay Esmay with $42,000 raised and $32,000 in cash."