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A week to go: Sandy disrupts presidential campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight days before the election, President Barack Obama switched from campaigner to hands-on commander of the federal response to Hurricane Sandy as the sprawling storm roared menacingly...

news Mon, Oct 29, 2012 - 6:12pm

Clinton to campaign in Fargo, Duluth

ST. PAUL -- Former President Bill Clinton plans campaign stops in Minnesota Tuesday after appearing in Fargo, N.D., tonight. President Barack Obama’s campaign said details about Clinton’s visit would be...

news / region Mon, Oct 29, 2012 - 11:38am

Signs vandalized at St. Philip’s

BEMIDJI – More than 30 signs supporting the marriage amendment were removed and damaged late Wednesday or early Thursday morning from outside St. Philip’s Church in Bemidji. Robb Naylor, the...

news / local Thu, Oct 25, 2012 - 4:01pm

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg gives to Minn. gay marriage ban foes

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating $125,000 to defeat the constitutional gay marriage ban on Minnesota's November ballot. Bloomberg announced the donation Monday on his...

news Mon, Oct 22, 2012 - 1:48pm

5 things to watch for in the presidential debate

Five things to watch for when President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney debate foreign policy Monday night: 1. THE TIEBREAKER: Romney ran away with the first. Obama edged...

news Mon, Oct 22, 2012 - 12:43pm

Candidates seek foreign policy edge in 3rd debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Still neck-and-neck after all these months, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head into their third and final debate with each man eager to project an aura of...

news Mon, Oct 22, 2012 - 12:14pm

Unions shift political might to state, local races

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unions are shifting more of their political resources to state and local races this year as they try to head off passage of laws that could undermine...

news Sat, Oct 20, 2012 - 2:50pm

House tea party icons face re-election challenges

RAMSEY, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's tendency to cause a ruckus on Capitol Hill made her a tea party sensation. Her bulging campaign treasury and conservative district make...

news Thu, Oct 18, 2012 - 3:13pm

Candidates fan out after combative debate

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Fresh off an intently combative debate, President Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney and their running mates are taking their tuned-up fight to the precious few battleground...

news Wed, Oct 17, 2012 - 9:59am

Romney, White House spar over Libya attacks

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Friday accused the vice president of "doubling down on denial" over the deadly invasion at the U.S. Consulate in Libya,...

news Fri, Oct 12, 2012 - 12:16pm

Bachmann notches $4.5M for Minn. election bid

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann has scooped up another $4.5 million for her Minnesota re-election campaign and entered the stretch run with a healthy amount in...

news Fri, Oct 12, 2012 - 12:11pm

Traditional marriage and amendment rally

BEMIDJI – A rally for traditional marriage and support for the upcoming Minnesota marriage amendment will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. A praise and worship session and...

news / local Thu, Oct 11, 2012 - 5:22pm

Cravaack has $1.1M for final push in Minn.'s 8th

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack says he started October with $1.1 million in the bank for the final weeks of a tough race against Democrat Rick...

news Thu, Oct 11, 2012 - 1:06pm

Cravaack, Nolan meet in 1st debate in Minn.'s 8th

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack faces Democratic challenger Rick Nolan for the first time on a debate stage in Minnesota's most watched House race. Tuesday's debate...

news Tue, Oct 09, 2012 - 8:15am

Romney, Obama show rural issues differences

ST. PAUL — Questionnaires and other sources provide a glimpse into what President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney think about rural issues since they seldom discuss the...

news Sat, Oct 06, 2012 - 2:30am

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