Despite a deadlocked endorsing convention, Jerry Hertaus is the lone GOP candidate for one of the safest Republican House seats in Minnesota.

A handful of August primary elections are heating up across the state thanks to the new redistricting map, an uptick in legislative retirements and widespread dissatisfaction with the job lawmakers are doing in St. Paul.

State Reps. Connie Doepke and Steve Smith feel the wrath of GOP grass roots, may head to primary.

GOP state Reps. Connie Doepke and Steve Smith lost endorsement contests Wednesday night in Senate District 33.

GOP activists will gather in Wayzata tonight to choose endorsed candidates for three legislative seats in Senate District 33.

In recent weeks, local party activists around Minnesota have commandeered many a school auditorium to endorse candidates for state House and Senate races.

House and Senate races across the state are rapidly shaking out after the release of the 2012 legislative map last month. And with local endorsing conventions set to take place throughout March, incumbents and challengers alike have little time to make decisions about their political futures.

House and Senate races across the state are rapidly shaking out following the release of new legislative maps.

The announcements, both made Monday, come less than a week after Republican war veteran Pete Hegseth said he was entering the race.

"I can tell you the paperwork's in the mail," Hegseth told the Star Tribune. "It is very much all systems go."