Mark Dayton draws fire from Jeff Johnson, Hannah Nicollet in the first of five scheduled gubernatorial debates.

In gubernatorial bid, the Grassroots Party's Chris Wright is no longer such a lonely voice.

A union audience responds positively to an upbeat Gov. Mark Dayton bragging up his record and launched a full-throated attack on his opponent, Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson.

Given these results of recent polls, Dayton and Franken’s strategy for November is simple: hold on to what they’ve got and concentrate on getting out the vote.

House Democrats are gearing up to defend at least a half-dozen seats representing rural constituencies, most of which are seen as either political toss-ups or GOP-leaning areas.

Facing formidable opposition from Rep. Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, former House Minority Leader Marty Seifert, and retired venture capitalist Scott Honour, Johnson trumpeted his status as the party’s endorsee throughout the summer-long primary campaign.

The four gubernatorial hopefuls shed some of their characteristic restraint, breathing a little life into a race that has generated little excitement with the general public.

The most recent round of fundraising disclosures finds the top-tier field picking up where they left off earlier this summer, which means each of the four GOP entrants is well behind Dayton’s strength in monetary terms

Education will lay the foundation for the future — for better or worse.

A series of announcements in recent days have found GOP legislators past and present choosing sides between the three best-known Republican contenders, each of whom has served in the House during the last decade.