Smith, Housley Hold Final Debate Before Midterm Elections
Democrat Tina Smith and Republican Karin Housley faced off for the last time before the election on Tuesday.
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Democrat Tina Smith and Republican Karin Housley faced off for the last time before the election on Tuesday.
Anti-abortion and abortion rights supporters gathered outside the Planned Parenthood on University Avenue in St. Paul Sunday afternoon.
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee says "a fair and full investigation" was given to a woman who levied domestic abuse allegations against DNC Deputy Chairman Keith Ellison, a congressman now in a tight race for Minnesota attorney general.
From Lakeville to Plymouth, it was an all-out campaign blitz across the state of Minnesota on Saturday.
Vice President Mike Pence was in western Wisconsin Saturday at a rally to support Republican Gov. Scott Walker's campaign just days before midterm elections.
Overshadowed by an open governor's race and drowned out by the flood of ads in bare-knuckle congressional contests, control of Minnesota's Legislature is also up for grabs in Tuesday's election. But it's not something that all voters will notice. The battle for the state House is being fought largely in the suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul, where Democrats hope a backlash against President Donald Trump and Republicans will help sweep them back into power for the first time since 2014.
We won't know what the official voter turnout will be until after the election, but if the early numbers are any indication, it could be record-breaking for the state, whether millennials show up to the polls.
A number of Minnesota races are in the national spotlight this year, including the one for attorney general. Democratic candidate Keith Ellison has been accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend. He denies it. Vice President Walter Mondale, who also served as the state's attorney general, joined him at a campaign event in Minneapolis Friday.
For Minnesotans looking to cast a ballot in the midterm elections over the weekend, early in-person voting is available.
A fourth likely 2020 Democratic presidential candidate is in Wisconsin to boost early voting efforts ahead of Tuesday's election.
The editorial board of Minnesota's largest newspaper has announced that it's not endorsing either Democrat Keith Ellison or Republican Doug Wardlow in the race for attorney general.
With Election Day less than a week away, two women vying to be Minnesota's next United States Senator took each other on in a debate Thursday night. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tina Smith is competing against Republican State Senator Karin Housley. Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Smith in December after Al Franken resigned.
A record number of Minnesota voters are casting their ballots early. Secretary of State Steve Simon says early voting is up 142 percent from the last midterm election four years ago If you add the number of people who have received a ballot in the mail, voted early, or requested an absentee ballot, it totals more than 580,000 Minnesotans.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey plans Thursday morning to announce his intent to reappoint Police Chief Medaria Arradondo for a full, three-year term.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could reach 15,000 — roughly double the number the Pentagon said it currently plans for a mission whose dimensions are shifting daily.
