Obama to campaign for Dayton

Democrat Mark Dayton's campaign says President Obama will hold a campaign rally for Dayton and other DFL candidates on October 23rd. The campaign says the rally will be in Minneapolis but other details aren't available yet.

Here's the release from Dayton's campaign:

President Obama will travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to headline a rally for Democratic-Farmer-Labor party gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton on Saturday, October 23, 2010. The rally will be the kick-off of the DFL's Get Out the Vote campaign on behalf of Mark Dayton and his Lieutenant Governor running mate Yvonne Prettner Solon, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Attorney General Lori Swanson, and State Auditor Rebecca Otto.

Details of the event will be forthcoming.

Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are also holding a private fundraiser in Minneapolis for the political arm of the Democrats in the U.S. House (DCCC) that evening..

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