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Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann
says she started the year with $1 million in the bank for her
re-election campaign in Minnesota's 6th District.

      That puts her well ahead of the two Democrats competing to
challenge her.


      State Sen. Tarryl Clark and physician Maureen Reed
each started the year with campaign bank balances slightly less
than $390,000.

      Bachmann says she raised $591,000 in the last three months of
2009, bringing her fundraising total since her last election to
$1.5 million.

      The incumbent is seeking a third term in a district of suburbs
surrounding the northern half of the Twin Cities and smaller cities
and rural areas stretching west past St. Cloud.

Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann
says she started the year with $1 million in the bank for her re-election campaign in Minnesota's 6th District -- far more than her two DFL challengers.

Bachmann starts year with $1M for re-election bid

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