sentences:  Pre-primary reports filed with the FEC on August 20 showed Coleman having raised $16.76 million (with $5.61 million on hand), Franken $13.09 million (with $2.37 million on hand), and Barkley $14,374 (with $5,071 on hand).A late October Star Tribune report showed Barkley having raised $56,763.In June 2008, Senator John Ensign, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, stated that the Minnesota Senate race would be one of the ten most competitive Senate races.