Campaign Finance Board outlines budget, public subsidy payouts and new lobbying reporting scope

Jeff Sigurdsson, executive director of the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, briefed the Senate Elections Committee on Jan. 23, 2025, on the board's mission, budget, programs and a statutory report on lobbying of political subdivisions that the board prepared for the 2025 Legislature.

The board's mission, Sigurdsson said, is "to promote public confidence in state government decision making, in particular through disclosure of potential sources of influence on official actions." He told the committee the board is an independent agency with six members, 10 full-time equivalent staff and a proposed base budget of $1,793,000 for fiscal years 2026–27; the board had not requested change items for FY26–27.

Public subsidy and outreach: Sigurdsson reported that the board…