Both Republican Lisa Demuth and Democrat Amy Klobuchar say they want a reset with the Trump administration, but they differ on what that would look like.
The Minnesota Board of Pardons granted clemency to Tou Lue Vang last month as he faced deportation for raping a 10-year-old girl more than two decades ago.
Legislative candidates are having to answer for a government fraud crisis during Gov. Tim Walz’s tenure, even as they seek to make the election a referendum on the Trump administration.
Dominion Voting Systems, which was sold last year to a former GOP election official and is now called Liberty Vote, said it “agreed to a confidential settlement” and has dropped the lawsuit.
The GOP-endorsed candidate had raised less money than his two Republican primary opponents, House Speaker Lisa Demuth and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, through May.
Gov. Tim Walz is facing the lowest approval rating of his eight-year tenure, underscoring the damage the state’s fraud crisis has done to his political reputation amid his decision not to seek a third term.
Amid contentious debates about public safety and immigration, many elected officials returned to the same sharp rhetoric that defined politics before last June 14.
