Treasurer
Coming due
Public subsidy agreements expire 31 Dec. Campaign expenditures for the cycle must at least equal the public subsidy received, or the difference goes back to the Board. Cash carried into the next cycle is capped at 25% of the base spending limit ($21,050 for House).
Covers 1 Jan through 31 Dec 2026.
Late fee: $25 a day starting 2 Feb, up to $1,000.
Contribution check
Finds large contribution notices due, donors near the $1,000 limit, and gifts over $200 with no employer.
Make the CFRO import file
Drop one export at a time. Then in CFRO: Maintenance, Import, Receipts, choose the downloaded file, check the Valid column, Import.
Started deadlines
Got a contribution, a correction or a change?
- File a large contribution noticeMore than $500 from one source between 20 Oct and 2 Nov: notice due by the end of the next business day. Handbook p. 38
- Deposit contributionsDeposit within 10 business days. Online gifts count as received when the funds are available. Handbook p. 14
- Return an over-limit or prohibited contributionReturned within 90 days of deposit, it stays off the report and the violation is cleared. A single check over the limit is refunded at deposit instead. Handbook p. 20
- Send an anonymous contribution to the BoardAnonymous gifts over $20 go to the Board in full within 14 days. Handbook p. 17
- Amend a filed reportFile the amended report within 10 days. Call the Board if you need more time. Handbook p. 43
- Report a registration changeTell the Board in writing within 10 days of a change to anything on the registration form. Handbook p. 8
Business days skip weekends and Minnesota state holidays. Calendar-day deadlines are not moved off weekends here, so file early when one lands on a Saturday or Sunday.
Money against the limits
Enter totals from a report
Entered so far: Pre-general report (Mon, Oct 19, 2026), Pre-primary report (Mon, Jul 20, 2026). Edit or remove rows in Airtable, table Treasurer Money.
Beck and Dippel reports
Party money is within the rules. On 9 Jul 2026 the Board stopped counting in-kind contributions and approved expenditures from party units toward the $10,000 party cap (after the Supreme Court's NRSC v. FEC ruling). Only party cash counts: Beck $9,350 (including a $1,000 notice on 21 Oct), Dippel $7,400. So HRCC's $41,295 of TV for Beck and the Senate GOP caucus's $127,566 of mail and ads for Dippel (through 21 Oct) are allowed.
Beck's spending limit. He signed the public subsidy agreement, so his $92,620 limit counts party in-kind. Campaign spending through 19 Oct was $73,926 (2025 and 2026), leaving about $18,700. More HRCC TV for him after 19 Oct would count against it. Dippel has no limit (no agreement) and has lent his campaign $42,000.
Minor, self-reported: Dippel refunded $41.02 of an over-limit gift on 4 Sep, and three of his next-day notices for Saturday 24 Oct gifts reached the Board Monday 26 Oct, possibly a day late. Both are small. No itemized donor over the $1,000 limit for either across 2025 and 2026. Sources: CFB reports for Beck (19245, amendment 2; 2025 year-end), Dippel (19246; 2025 year-end; notices to 26 Oct); Board notice on NRSC v. FEC, 9 Jul 2026.
Treasurer tasks
- Reconcile November deposits against the bank statementDue Fri, Nov 20, 2026
- Pay final vendor invoices before year-endDue Tue, Dec 15, 2026
Filing and help
- Drop the CSV on the converter and download the CFRO file. It flags anyone over $200 with no employer.
- In CFRO: Maintenance, Import, Receipts, choose the converted file.
- Check the Valid column. Fix any row reading false, then Import.
Convert straight from the export. Opening it in Excel first drops the leading zero from some zip codes.
After Election Day
- Thank-you notes and post-election adsHoliday cards, thank-you notes and news ads after the general election, sent before the cycle ends, are noncampaign disbursements.
- Election night or post-election partyIts costs are a noncampaign disbursement once Jen's name is no longer on a ballot.
- Compare campaign spending to the public subsidyCampaign expenditures must at least equal the subsidy received. Set aside any difference; the Board says after the year-end report if any goes back.
- Check cash against the carry-forward limitCash and property over $21,050 on 31 Dec has to come down first (campaign spending, noncampaign disbursements, party contributions) or goes to the state elections campaign fund.
- Keep the recordsFour years from the date each report is filed, and four years after the committee closes.
- Only if the committee is closingBring cash and property to $100 or less, then file a termination report. Debts can stay; the committee cannot give assets away for personal use.
Mileage reimbursement
Reimbursing is optional. If the driver skips it, nothing is reported. If the committee pays, report it as a campaign expenditure, and pay mileage in money: no gas cards or fuel purchases.
Read the memoAmounts that trigger something
| $20 | Under it, a cash gift needs only the date and amount, and in-kind needs nothing. An anonymous gift over it goes to the Board. |
| $100 | Keep an invoice or receipt for any vendor paid or owed more than this in the year. |
| $200 | Over it in the calendar year, itemize the donor with name, address and employer (occupation if self-employed). Also the most an unregistered group can give without a disclosure form. |
| $500 | More than this from one source during a notice window means a large contribution notice by the next business day. |
| $1,000 | Most one person can give for 2025-2026, counting cash, in-kind and loans. Spouses each have their own limit. |
| $5,000 | Most Jen can give her own committee, since she signed the public subsidy agreement. |
| $10,000 | Combined from all party units and terminating candidate committees. |
| $16,800 | Combined from lobbyists, political committees and funds, and unregistered associations. |
| $84,200 | Base spending limit for the cycle. $92,620 if Jen qualifies as a first-time candidate; the Board can confirm. |