A new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll shows incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann with a nine-point lead over her Democratic challenger, state. Sen. Tarryl Clark.

A New York Times political race profile gave Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Tim Walz a 96 percent chance of regaining his seat in Minnesota's First Congressional District.This comes shortly after Walz's Republican opponent was elevated to Young Gun status by the National Republican Congressional Committee.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is embroiled in a controversy over her apparent flip flop on the 2008 sales tax hike known as the Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment. Bachmann's been running a television ad bashing DFL challenger Tarryl Clark for raising taxes on food and school supplies by voting to put the arts and outdoors amendment on the ballot.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann sent out a fundraising solicitation to supporters today focusing on President Obama's planned visit to Minnesota. Although few details have been released about the fundraising trip, The New York Times reported last week that Minnesota is on the president's itinerary for the next six weeks.

U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen has been dropped from CNN's list of the 100 most competitive House races in the country. In the wake of polling that shows Republicans with a 10-point edge in generic balloting -- the largest such advantage ever recorded -- four additional Republican incumbents have been removed from the rundown of contests that warrant watching.

Joel Demos knows he is a political underdog. He is running as an endorsed-Republican against Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District - arguably the most liberal district in the entire country.

Michele Bachmann is seeking to raise $48,000 during the two days that she tours the Sixth Congressional District by bus. According to an email solicitation sent out by her campaign this morning, the two-term GOP incumbent is still $31,533 shy of that goal.

The National Review has put together a list of 13 congressional races that could be surprisingly competitive in a year that's looking grim for Democrats. Among the contests that could supposedly break for the GOP: Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District.

Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is spending some of the $4 million she has raised in her congressional campaign to air a new television ad.

Ashwin Madia, who lost a 2008 bid for an open House seat in Minnesota's Third Congressional District, is raising funds for a congressional challenger in Missouri. Madia sent out an email solicitation to supporters this morning on behalf of Tommy Sowers, an Iraq War veteran who is seeking to oust seven-term incumbent Jo Ann Emerson.