Rick Nolan eyes re-election bid to continue serving and to head off handing the 8th District to Republicans.

Eighth District candidates Rick Nolan, Stewart Mills and Ray "Skip" Sandman debate guns, health care, the environment and foreign policy.

DFL U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan overtaking Republican challenger Stewart Mills in contributions for the first time in two quarters for the competitive 8th Congressional District race.

Republican candidate Stewart Mills III outraised incumbent DFL U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan between July and September this year in the race for Minnesota's northeastern 8th Congressional District.

Mills launched a campaign website and filed paperwork this week to form an exploratory committee to run for the seat in 2014 after experiencing a "groundswell of support" for his candidacy, he said.

Fleet Farm executive Stewart Mills is generating buzz as a possible GOP challenger to Democratic U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District.

Former Duluth City Council president Jeff Anderson, who ran against Nolan this summer in a DFL primary election, will serve as Nolan's district director. Anderson became a supporter of Nolan after the primary. He will now oversee Nolan's Minnesota congressional offices across the northeastern district, including planned offices in Duluth and Brainerd.

With less than 24 hours to go before polls open, the high-profile race for Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District is still too close to call, according to the latest SurveyUSA poll.

Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack went on the attack Monday, criticizing his Democratic opponent Rick Nolan for a "checkered" business history as the race for Minnesota's 8th Congressional District tightens.

The first outside polling released in the contentious and expensive race for Minnesota's 8th Congressional District shows DFL candidate Rick Nolan and incumbent freshman Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack neck-in-neck.