DULUTH, Minn.-Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty made a stop in Duluth today as he’s seeking his governor’s seat once again. The Republican, and former presidential candidate, stopped by Monaco Air this morning…
DULUTH, Minn. – Harry Welty, a former Duluth school board member, has announced he is running for the 8th Congressional District seat as a Republican. This is Welty's third time running…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is getting into the state's crowded race for governor. The announcement Monday marks a shift for the Democrat, who in January said she intended to seek a fourth term as…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Two people familiar with the discussions say Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Lori Swanson has asked retiring U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan to be her running mate in a possible last-minute entry into the governor's race. Two…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota State Auditor Rebecca Otto is ending her campaign for governor. Otto, a Democrat, says in a Facebook post Monday that she came to the decision after dropping out of the endorsement race at this…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republican Gov. Scott Walker is calling Democratic challenger Tony Evers “pathetic'' for using a curse word in his Democratic Party convention speech over the weekend. Walker reacted on Twitter Monday to Evers' comments. Evers told about…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - State Rep. Erin Murphy has named Rep. Erin Maye Quade as her running mate as she heads toward a primary in her bid for governor. Murphy was endorsed by Democratic activists in Rochester Saturday. She…
MINNESOTA - The Minnesota Republican Party endorsed Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson for Governor on the third ballot after rivals Philip Parrish and Mary Giuliani Stevens dropped out of the race. "Are…
**UPDATE** Representative Jim Newberger, Becker, was endorsed for the United States Senate seat with nearly 80% of the vote on the first ballot for the senate seat currently held by…
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back on for June 12. Trump says after an Oval Office meeting Friday with North Korea’s Kim Yong Chol that he’d be making…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Democratic and Republican activists are preparing to gather to answer one major question: Who will the two major parties endorse in the wide-open race for governor? Endorsing conventions were set to begin Friday afternoon, with…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has chosen the state's newly sworn-in lieutenant governor as his running mate. Pawlenty announced Thursday that Republican Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach would join the campaign. Fischbach resigned her Senate seat last…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is announcing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico. The move is sure to raise worries of a trade war with American allies. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a bill that he says would have unlawfully undermined Minnesota's water quality standard for protecting wild rice. Dayton, who vetoed a similar bill earlier, says the revised version represented “some…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Mark Dayton has signed most of a bill authorizing almost $1.5 billion in public construction across Minnesota. Dayton signed the so-called bonding bill Wednesday but used his line-item veto pen on just one project.…
