Dayton Wants Quarterly Minn. Campaign Cash Reports

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Gov. Mark Dayton is pushing to make all Minnesota candidates, parties and political funds report their campaign fundraising more often -- and says he'll start doing it himself next month.

The Democratic governor appeared Tuesday at a Capitol news conference with four Democratic lawmakers who support his plan. Their bill would require quarterly campaign cash updates every year, eliminating a 13-month reporting gap in non-election years.

Dayton says the gap leaves the public in the dark about who's influencing politics while lawmakers make crucial budget decisions.

But the proposal faces a tough road ahead -- it has no Republican supporters in the GOP-controlled Legislature.

Dayton promises to release a report next month covering his campaign fundraising and spending for the first three months of 2011.

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