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Each Friday, MPR News political editor Mike Mulcahy discusses the 2020 Election — the latest news, interviews with candidates and more.

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Politics Friday special: Minnesota’s political observers reflect on U.S. Capitol chaos

January 8, 2021 1:30 p.m.

By Mike Mulcahy, Elizabeth Dunbar, Katie Moritz, and Sara Meyer

MPR News politics editor Mike Mulcahy hosts a special Politics Friday call-in show with Minnesota political observers and politicians.

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Politics Friday: Should we stop trusting pre-election polling?

November 6, 2020 3:55 p.m.

By Mike Mulcahy and Katie Moritz

Is there really such a thing as a "shy Trump voter"? Who is contacted to take part in pre-election polls? And are they reliable or not?

Election week special: Your last-minute voting questions, answered

November 1, 2020 6:45 p.m.

By Mike Mulcahy and Katie Moritz

With voting disinformation swirling and recent court rulings confusing things further, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon joined MPR News political editor Mike Mulcahy to answer listeners’ last-minute voting questions.

Congressional candidates in Minnesota's 4th District and 5th District

October 30, 2020 4:00 p.m.

By Mike Mulcahy

To wrap up the series of debates and interviews with the candidates in Minnesota’s eight congressional districts, MPR News political editor Mike Mulcahy hosts the last edition of “Politics Friday” before the Nov. 3 election.

MPR News congressional debates: 7th District and 8th District

October 23, 2020 12:53 p.m.

By MPR News Staff

The candidates for Congress in Minnesota’s 7th and 8th districts debated the major issues, on Politics Friday with host Mike Mulcahy.

Minnesota's 1st District candidates Dan Feehan and Jim Hagedorn

Politics Friday: 1st District, 3rd District congressional candidates debate the issues

October 16, 2020 4:00 p.m.

By Mike Mulcahy and Mark Zdechlik

The front-runners in Minnesota’s 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts took part in telephone debates on Politics Friday.

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MPR News congressional debates in the 6th and 2nd Districts

October 9, 2020 8:45 p.m.

By Mike Mulcahy and Brian Bakst

What’s being done to confront the coronavirus and stem the economic fallout from the pandemic are central to this year’s election campaigns. That was clear when the candidates in Minnesota’s 2nd and 6th Congressional Districts met in separate MPR News debates Friday.

A photo collage of Jason Lewis and Tina Smith

U.S. Senate debate: Candidates disagree on COVID-19, other issues

October 2, 2020 4:05 p.m.

By MPR News Staff, Mike Mulcahy, and Mark Zdechlik

Sen. Tina Smith and her Republican challenger Jason Lewis sparred over the coronavirus response, public safety, climate change and immigration Friday during a debate on MPR News.

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Minnesota legislative leaders highlight their party's values and issues

September 25, 2020 6:00 a.m.

By Mike Mulcahy

On Politics Friday, host Mike Mulcahy speaks with the legislative leaders of both parties about the major issues in the State Senate and House of Representatives races.

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MN Secretary of State Steve Simon answers your voting questions

September 18, 2020 5:13 p.m.

By Mike Mulcahy, MPR News Staff, and Darian Leddy

Secretary of State Steve Simon, Minnesota’s top elections official, is Mike Mulcahy’s guest on Politics Friday to answer questions about all aspects of our voting and elections system.