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The Republican Party of Minnesota today agreed to change a television campaign ad critical of Gov. Mark Dayton, after a woman complained about the use of her dead grandson’s picture. (

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson is going up with 

 more ads before he faces off against Gov. Mark Dayton on Nov. 4. (

In the final stretch of the campaign, the conservative Minnesota Jobs Coalition is targeting vulnerable House DFLers in a six-figure television ad buy. (

Former Secretary of State and likely 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton rallied voters for Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Al Franken. (

Vice President Joe Biden did the same with 8th District Rep. Rick Nolan. (

NPR also covered Biden's rally with Nolan. (

Gov. Dayton is taking heat for avoiding reporters with questions about a key insurance provider's exit from the state's health care exchange. (

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that streamlining government agencies will be a central goal in the new Congress. (

Cutting federal health and retirement spending has long been at the top of the GOP agenda. But with Republicans in striking distance of winning the Senate, they are suddenly blasting the idea of trimming Social Security benefits. (

Economic anxiety is a major undercurrent of this election. (

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