The Daily Digest
It's now up to the voters. It's Primary Day in Minnesota and the voters will determine which candidates will be on the November ballot. The hottest race is the DFL race between Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Mark Dayton and Matt Entenza. MPR News will provide live coverage of the results at 8pm.
Tea leaf alert! Absentee ballot voting in the 2010 Primary surpassed past primary elections.
Here are a few of the differences between the DFL candidates.
Another contest is the Independence Party nomination for governor.
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IP candidates Rob Hahn and Tom Horner debated the issues on the eve of the primary. You can listen to the full debate here.
2010 Other
DFL Sen. Al Franken would have made things worse for South Dakota Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin when he said a vote for her is a vote for Nancy Pelosi. South Dakota is considered a GOP leaning state.
Republicans in the Minnesota Senate hired Ben Golnik to help with the campaign.
Congress
House members head back to Washington D.C. to vote on a jobs bill for teachers and government workers.
An Ethics Committee finds that California Democrat Maxine Waters may have used her office for personal gain.
DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar schedules forums on the Farm Bill.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann holds a tele-townhall with Tea Partiers.
Pawlenty for Prez Watch
A Muslim group asks Gov. Pawlenty to retract his remark over a mosque in NYC.
Gov. Pawlenty will campaign in Michigan today and Iowa later this week. His PAC spokesman says Pawlenty voted absentee.