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Democrat, Republican experts weigh in on primary election results, look to fall challenges
Attorney and Democratic political analyst Abou Amara and Paul Anderson, a GOP party operative and former Republican state senator who represented Senate District 44 in the Plymouth area, joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to parse the primary results and what they both expect to be expensive campaigns ahead of Nov. 5.
There's an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds. Is it Harris' or Harris's?
Whatever possessed Vice President Kamala Harris to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, it probably wasn’t a desire to inflame arguments about apostrophes. But it doesn’t take much to get grammar nerds fired up.
The Harris campaign is on a roll. But all honeymoons come to an end
Democrats are exuberant. Money is flowing in. Volunteers are signing up. But campaign veterans say there will come a day when attacks start to land and mistakes will be made.
Republican Joe Teirab to face Democratic Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota’s most competitive Congressional district
The stage is now set for November’s general election in three closely watched races for U.S. House. Incumbents Ilhan Omar and Michelle Fischbach won their primaries while Republican Joe Teirab secured the nomination to challenge Democratic Rep. Angie Craig.