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    November 11, 2018
    Pete Stauber
    8th District red for now — or forever? Redrawn districts in 2022 could upend trend
    DULUTH — Not to start the 2020 election season prematurely, but Tuesday’s rare Republican victory in Northeastern Minnesota’s U.S. House...
    news/government-and-politicsNovember 11, 2018 - 6:00am
    November 3, 2018
    Joe Radinovich, candidate for Minnesota’s Eighth Congressional District, shakes hands with DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin during a rally in Bemidji Saturday as part of a Get out the Vote tour. (Matthew Liedke | Bemidji Pioneer)
    DFL makes final push in Bemidji
    BEMIDJI—The final days of campaigning for the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party are focused on getting out the vote, so much so that...
    newsNovember 3, 2018 - 4:28pm
    October 28, 2018
    Joe Radinovich, DFL candidate for District 8 U.S. House of Representatives.
    Unraveling the 8th District MPR debate: Fast pace finds candidates squabbling
    DULUTH — The major party candidates in the race for the 8th Congressional District met on Friday, Oct. 26, for a radio debate, and for nearly...
    news/government-and-politicsOctober 28, 2018 - 10:00pm
    October 20, 2018
    Pete Stauber
    'All the tools they need': Data drives Republicans in 8th District race
    DULUTH — Consider for a moment the possibilities that a majority of people in the 8th Congressional District 1) don't approve of government-run...
    news/government-and-politicsOctober 20, 2018 - 6:52pm
    October 3, 2018
    Keith Ellison speaks in Minneapolis on Aug. 17, 2018. His campaign event in Itasca County was canceled due to safety concerns sparked by a potential protest from an alt-right group. Jean Pieri / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Itasca County DFL cites 'safety' in canceling Ellison event
    GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — The Itasca County DFL based in Grand Rapids canceled a Keith Ellison campaign meet-and-greet this week amid safety...
    news/government-and-politicsOctober 3, 2018 - 7:56pm
    September 26, 2018
    8th District candidates, from left, Joe Radinovich, Ray "Skip" Sandman and Pete Stauber wave to the crowd at the conclusion of the forum Wednesday, Sept. 26, in Duluth. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Issues, not scandal, dominate 8th District forum
    DULUTH — The first of at least four debates in the race for Congress in the 8th District landed in Duluth on Wednesday, Sept. 26, and when...
    news/government-and-politicsSeptember 26, 2018 - 8:11pm
    September 21, 2018
    DFL plans Bemidji event to reach voters
    BEMIDJI -- The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is launching a get-out-the-vote initiative this weekend, including in Bemidji, to coincide...
    news/government-and-politicsSeptember 21, 2018 - 8:34pm
    August 19, 2018
    Minnesota Republican Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan mingles with attendees at the governor's debate Friday, Aug. 17, at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa. Kelly Humphrey / Forum News Service
    Setting the stage: State GOP chair talks shop about 2018 midterms
    NISSWA, Minn.—Compared to the typically one-on-one contests of general elections, primaries have a king-of-the-hill vibe—a whole...
    news/government-and-politicsAugust 19, 2018 - 6:36pm
    August 17, 2018
    Gubernatorial candidates Tim Walz for the DFL and Jeff Johnson for the Republican Party addressed a wide range of issues at the first governor's debate Friday, Aug. 17, since their primary victories last Tuesday. The debate convened at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa. Kelly Humphrey / Forum News Service
    Johnson, Walz spar in first governor's debate since primary victories
    NISSWA, Minn.—With their interparty rivals eliminated in the primary, Minnesota's remaining gubernatorial candidates can turn their attention...
    news/government-and-politicsAugust 17, 2018 - 7:27pm
    August 14, 2018
    Joe Radinovich celebrates Tuesday night, Aug.14, at his downtown Brainerd campaign headquarters after pulling ahead in the Minnesota 8th Congressional District DFL primary race. Steve Kohls / Forum News Service
    Radinovich wins DFL primary for 8th Congressional District in one nation's hottest House races
    BRAINERD, Minn.—In a five-way primary to decide the 8th Congressional District Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nominee for November, Joe...
    news/government-and-politicsAugust 14, 2018 - 11:46pm
    August 7, 2018
    DFL ‘Get Out The Vote’ tour to stop in Bemidji
    BEMIDJI -- The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party will hold a “Get Out The Vote” tour stop on Bemidji on Saturday as part of a statewide...
    news/government-and-politicsAugust 7, 2018 - 5:40pm
    July 19, 2018
    t100416 --- Clint Austin --- austinSANDERS1005c5 --- Congressman Rick Nolan gestures while speaking during a rally supporting the Clinton Kaine presidential ticket at the Kirby Ballroom on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth Tuesday night. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
    Bombshell report alleges northern Minnesota congressman kept employing known harasser
    ST. PAUL — Rep. Rick Nolan responded Thursday, July 19, to a bombshell report detailing how a longtime legislative staffer continued to...
    news/government-and-politicsJuly 19, 2018 - 8:11pm
    July 16, 2018
    8th District money shows DFL keeps up
    DULUTH—The newest fundraising tallies in the 8th Congressional District showed Pete Stauber leading the money equation, but Democrats seemed...
    news/government-and-politicsJuly 16, 2018 - 9:48pm
    July 7, 2018
    Then-presidential candidate Bernie Sanders remarks how Congressman Keith Ellison, D-Minn. is the most progressive member of Congress at the start of a rally DECC Arena in Duluth in January 2016. Sanders will return to Duluth Friday, Julphy 13, to campaign for Ellison, who is running for Minnesota attorney general. Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    Sanders to stump for Ellison in Minnesota next week
    DULUTH — It's like 2016 all over again. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will pay a repeat visit to Duluth next week. He'll also be in Minneapolis...
    newsJuly 7, 2018 - 12:32am
    June 19, 2018
    Trump supporter Randal Thom of Lakefield, Minn., poses for a photo with his Trump flag at the Duluth convention center parking lot in Duluth Tuesday. Thom is part of a group that travels to Trump rallies across the Midwest called Front Row Joes. They arrive early at rallies to make sure they can be in the front row. (Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    Trump descends on Duluth, but Democrats plan own rally
    DULUTH—Wednesday, June 20, at 6:30 p.m. in Duluth, President Donald Trump will conduct one of his patented campaign rallies. He has used...
    news/government-and-politicsJune 19, 2018 - 9:45pm
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