Show Notes
Minnesota’s eight U.S. House seats don’t change hands all that often, but after November’s midterm election one seat certainly will.
The state’s 2nd Congressional District will have a new representative come January 2027. Democratic incumbent, Rep. Angie Craig, is running for the open U.S. Senate and will leave the House after four terms.
MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst speaks with candidates about why they’re the best Democrat to serve the district that runs from the suburbs down into southern Minnesota farm towns.
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Two hundred and one separate races will determine two very big things: control of the Minnesota House and the Minnesota Senate.
A new senator will emerge from Election Day no matter what because there is no incumbent on the ballot.
Editor’s note: Ahead of a Friday debate between U.S. Senate candidates Michele Tafoya and Peggy Flanagan hosted by MPR News, politics editor Brian Bakst asked each to talk about how their lives helped form their politics.
Minnesota has eight members of the U.S. House and those seats don’t change hands often — but this November, one of them will for sure.
Two candidates vying to be Minnesota’s attorney general met Friday in their first debate.