Campaign Finance Reporting Overview

Hennepin County campaign finance reporting is governed by Minnesota Statutes (MS) 383B.041-.058  and sections of MS 211A and MS 211B.

Each political committee must have a treasurer who completes and submits the financial reports.

Does my committee need to file with Hennepin County?

The following committees file campaign finance reports with Hennepin County

• Principal candidate committees
  • County offices in Hennepin County
  • Offices in the City of Minneapolis and Special School District No. 1
  • Offices in the City of Bloomington
  • Offices in the City of Brooklyn Park
• Political committees and funds
  • Which contribute to the campaign committees listed above
  • Whose major purpose is to influence a county wide or city ballot issue for the cities listed above

How to register (or amend an existing) committee

• Review the registration instructions (DOC 16.5kb)
• Treasurer completes and submits a registration form (DOC 87.5kb)

How to submit campaign finance reports

• Review the current year due dates to determine when your reports are due
• Review the report instructions (DOC 56kb)
• Treasurer completes and submits the appropriate report
  • Minneapolis ONLY candidates - pre-primary 2013 (DOC 469kb)
  • NON-Minneapolis candidates/committees - pre-primary 2013 (DOC 469kb)
  • Minneapolis ONLY candidates - pre-general 2013 (DOC 465kb)
  • NON-Minneapolis candidates/committees - pre-general 2013 (DOC 467kb)
  • ALL candidates/committees - annual 2013 (DOC 472kb)

Use our contact information on the right to submit reports and/or questions to our campaign finance coordinator.

Additional information

• Previous year materials