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Murphy goes on air with ad in three-way DFL governor primary

ST. PAUL — Candidates running for Minnesota governor are taking their pitch to primary voters to the airwaves, ...

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Mayoral forum scheduled

Albert Lea mayoral candidates will face off in a forum Aug. 6, a little more than a week ...

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Walz calls for gas tax increase, opens door to other hikes

ST. PAUL — Rep. Tim Walz said he’d push to raise the state’s gasoline tax if elected governor ...

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Senate candidate wants to move America First agenda forward

A GOP candidate for U.S. Senate expressed concern about the possible impact tariffs instituted by President Donald Trump’s ...

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Minnesota attorney general candidate calls Mayo Clinic transition a ‘terrible decision’

Candidate for Minnesota attorney general Mike Rothman disagrees with Mayo Clinic Health System’s decision to transition most inpatient ...

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Millennials may impact election — if they show up

MINNEAPOLIS — November’s election is projected to be the country’s first in which there are more millennials eligible ...

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Minnesota law allows inmate to vie for U.S. Senate seat

MINNEAPOLIS — A prison inmate serving a life term for two murders is running for a U.S. Senate ...

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Bernie Sanders endorses Ellison for attorney general

MINNEAPOLIS — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has endorsed U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison for Minnesota attorney general and plans ...

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Attorney general candidate: ‘I’m the workhorse’

Candidate for Minnesota attorney general Debra Hilstrom hopes to parlay her experience as a prosecutor and a legislator ...

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DFL candidates speak at picnic

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Constituent services tour coming to Albert Lea

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith’s constituent services staff will meet with the public from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ...

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DFL Party to have picnic

The Freeborn County DFL Party will have a potluck dinner picnic at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Edgewater Cottage. ...

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Nation’s 1st Somali-American lawmaker eyes seat in Congress

ST. PAUL — Ilhan Omar escaped her war-torn homeland of Somalia as a child and grew up in ...

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DFL governor candidate visits Albert Lea, union workers

Recent DFL-endorsed candidate for governor Erin Murphy visited Albert Lea Friday and expressed solidarity with union workers. Murphy ...

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Filing closes for local, state elections

A handful of local candidates threw their hat in the ring on Tuesday on what was the last ...

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