The Minnesota Star Tribune is exploring the top issues in the U.S. Senate race with a series of articles examining where the candidates stand. Immigration has become one of the defining issues in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race, particularly after the sweeping federal enforcement operation brought thousands of immigration agents to the state and left two Minnesotans dead this winter. Democratic ...

The Minnesota Star Tribune is exploring the top issues in the governor’s race with a series of articles this week that look at where the candidates stand. Minnesota’s next governor will inherit a politically charged debate over how to address school safety, an issue that took on new urgency after the deadly mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in August 2025. Democratic ...

Sen. Klobuchar Breaks With Walz in Minn. Gubernatorial Debate

Organizers estimated that around 5,000 people attended the rally in downtown Minneapolis at The Commons park.

Michele Tafoya launched a new campaign ad last weekend calling herself a “pro-choice Republican,” a bid to reinforce her image as an independent voice for Minnesota in the U.S. Senate. She’s not alone in talking about abortion on the campaign trail. Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is trying to reach voters who punished Republicans after Roe v. Wade was overturned, arguing Democrats are still the best ...

Minnesota Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's grandfather spent decades in psychiatric custody and was suspected in multiple killings, records show.

Trump is not doing Ilhan Omar’s opponent John Nagel any favors, springing the latest Omar investigation on the eve of the election,” Soucheray writes.