DFL legislative and party leaders and Gov. Mark Dayton plan to tour swing districts throughout the state in the six days before the Nov. 6 general election.

Franzen announced her bid for the seat on Tuesday, just hours before precinct caucuses kick off across the state. Franzen plans to seek the DFL endorsement for the Senate District 41 seat on Tuesday evening and has no known challengers.

Senate District 59, which encompasses the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota and northeast Minneapolis, is home to one of the most concentrated DFL constituencies in Minnesota.

Democrats in Minnesota have been slow to rise to the redistricting fight this time around. During session, DFL caucuses in the Minnesota House and Senate passed on the chance to produce maps to counter a GOP majority proposal that pitted 26 incumbents against one another, the vast majority of them DFLers.

Minnesota's DFL party has released its schedule of State Fair activities. The speeches and discussions will invite citizen involvement in the 2012 elections and get the DFL's message out to thousands of fairgoers.

Three DFL candidates have lined up for the primary battle in Berglin's Minneapolis district, and two candidates will go head-to-head in a primary for Scheid's old seat.

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Emmer said Tuesday he hopes for a "fair, open and honest process." He added: "You gotta let the process play itself out."

The Emmer campaign responded by almost welcoming the contrast between Emmer - who it said is experiencing the similar financial issues as many Minnesotans - and Dayton.

The money is another installment of the DNC's pledged $50 million as part of it's "Vote 2010" program.