Tim Walz says he decided not to seek re-election over Minnesota's fraud scandal, calling it a "gift" to Republicans seeking to cut social programs.

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. Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has made lowering health care costs a pillar of her campaign for governor, rolling out a plan to address premium spikes and the expiration of federal Affordable Care Act subsidies. Minnesota House Speaker ...

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.

Ilhan Omar’s attorneys have asked the US Department of Justice to return property that federal agents removed days earlier from her home during a search. The lawyers for the Minnesota Democrat contended that the seizure as “neither justified nor lawful”, according to a letter that the Associated Press reported on Friday. The federal investigation into Omar was launched just weeks ahead of the 3 November midterms, in which Omar is on the ballot....

Election Day is 18 days away, which means early in-person voting is underway. This is the first time the state is doing this and it will be more similar to voting in a polling place on Election Day.

Packages containing suspicious substances were intercepted before reaching the Minnesota offices of U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith and Secretary of State Steve Simon, the officials said Friday. The incidents appear to be connected to a series of suspicious mailings that were sent to U.S. senators and election offices across the country. The FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and U.S. ...