Election 2024

Election 2024

Everything you need to know about the local, state and federal elections in 2024.

A Minnesota farmer and a college student walk a mile in each other’s news
This election season, MPR News invited its audience to learn more about people on the other side of the political spectrum through an initiative called “Walk a Mile in My News.” Two of our participants, a Democrat and a Republican, swapped their go-to news sources and then let us record their conversations. They had far more in common than they expected.
Trump and Harris' closing message to Republicans are as different as they come
With two weeks to go until voting closes on Election Day, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris made two separate but equally important pitches to Republicans on the campaign trail Monday.
Republican lawsuits over overseas and military voting hit setbacks in 2 swing states
In Michigan and North Carolina, two Republican legal challenges to the legitimacy of ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including U.S. military members, hit setbacks Monday.
The race is so close. Here's what happens if there's a 269-269 Electoral College tie
It’s very unlikely — but theoretically possible — that the presidential election ends with an Electoral College tie. If it did come to pass, here's how the next president would be determined.
Pair of suburban-centered Minnesota congressional districts attract differing levels of attention
Minnesota’s east-suburban 2nd Congressional District and west-suburban 3rd Congressional District have traits in common, but they’re not being contested in similar fashion this year.
Harris says Trump is 'cruel' at Georgia rally as she spotlights abortion restrictions
Kamala Harris has said former President Trump is “cruel” for how he talked about the family of a Georgia mother who died after waiting for treatment for complications from an abortion pill.