MADISON, Wis.-A Wisconsin state senator and close ally to Gov. Scott Walker has defeated a former Marine who cast himself as a political outsider in the state's Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Leah Vukmir beat Kevin Nicholson in Tuesday's primary…
ST. PAUL, Minn.-County Commissioner Jeff Johnson has beaten former Gov. Tim Pawlenty in Minnesota's Republican primary for governor, derailing Pawlenty's bid to reclaim his old job. Johnson won Tuesday despite Pawlenty's enormous fundraising and name recognition advantages. He also won…
(AP) - Minnesota state Rep. Jim Newberger has won the GOP primary to take on incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Newberger beat three other candidates Tuesday but faces an uphill battle in November against the popular Klobuchar, who is…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Tim Walz has won a three-way primary for Minnesota governor. Walz leveraged his rural Minnesota connections and a geographically balanced ticket to defeat state Rep. Erin Murphy and Attorney General Lori Swanson in Tuesday's primary.…
DULUTH, Minn. - Former Duluth mayor Don Ness gives his analysis of Minnesota's 8th Congressional District race as the primary results were coming in around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
HERMANTOWN, Minn.-Minnesota Republican Congressional candidate Pete Stauber is eyeing a victory tonight in the Eighth District Republican primary. On the Republican side, Stauber is facing off against former Duluth School Board member…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman says he is being treated for lung cancer. The 68-year-old Republican announced his condition Tuesday in a posting on Facebook. It comes about two and a half years after he was diagnosed…
DULUTH, Minn.- It's primary election Tuesday, as candidates in many big races will be finalized for the general election in November. With several major statewide races in both Wisconsin and Minnesota,…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An ex-girlfriend of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison has accused the Minnesota Democrat of emotional and physical abuse. Ellison says it never happened. The allegations surfaced Saturday night from Karen Monahan after her son alleged in a Facebook…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Democrat Lori Swanson's campaign for Minnesota governor is being hit by late accusations that she pressured staffers in her office to perform political work. D'Andre Norman, a former staffer in Swanson's attorney general office, told…
DULUTH, Minn. - Duluth Fire Chief Dennis Edwards and his deputy chief, Shawn Krizaj, have been formally censured by the Duluth Firefighters Local 101. The vote was made by 1,800 delegates…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will go ahead with imposing 25 percent tariffs on an additional $16 billion in Chinese imports. Customs officials will begin collecting the border tax Aug. 23, the Office of the…
DULUTH, Minn. - Vice President Mike Pence is visiting the Northland tomorrow to participate in a Pete Stauber for Congress event, and has added a second event to his Duluth schedule. According to White House officials, on Wednesday afternoon Vice…
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday by the state of California and advocacy groups who contend the Trump administration overreached by waiving environmental reviews to speed construction of the president’s prized border wall with…
DULUTH, Minn. -- We’ve got a progress report on how the city of Duluth and its tourist attractions are spending millions of dollars in tourism tax revenue every year. The city has…
