The Daily Digest: Farm Fest edition
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Minnesota
With the primary election a week away, the four Republican candidates for governor aimed their fire at agriculture's regulators, not each other during a forum at Farm Fest. (MPR News)
As part of a series this week, MPR's Tom Crann interviewed Jeff Johnson, the endorsed Republican candidate for governor. (MPR News)
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DFL Gov. Mark Dayton says he wants to continue giving annual funding increases to public schools if he’s re-elected this fall to a second term. (MPR News)
The Minnesota Gun Owners PAC backed DFL Attorney General Lori Swanson and took an anyone but DFL Gov. Mark Dayton approach to the race for governor. (Star Tribune)
DFL Sen. Al Franken is ninth on a list of ten Senators at risk of losing re-election this fall though the article also says he "is probably headed back to the Senate." (Roll Call)
DFL Rep. Rick Nolan is on a similar list of most endangered House members. (Roll Call)
Two of the Republican U.S. Senate candidates debated their positions on the Daily Circuit. (MPR News)
Construction on a new Senate Office Building is scheduled to begin Wednesday. (MPR News)
Not sure who to vote for in next week's primaries? Try our Select A Candidate quiz. (MPR News)
National Politics
Republicans are launching a fundraising effort that will let donors cut six-figure checks to support GOP Senate candidates this fall and state Republican parties, including Minnesota's, will benefit. (Politico)
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) won his closely watched primary on Tuesday, dealing a dispiriting blow to the national tea party movement in one of its final chances this year to unseat a Republican senator. (Washington Post)
The Obama administration is weighing plans to circumvent Congress and act on its own to curtail tax benefits for United States companies that relocate overseas to lower their tax bills, such as Medtronic. (New York Times)
Sometimes candidates aren't so sure it's helpful when a super PAC swoops in an starts running ads on their behalf. (Washington Post)
For the first time, 51 percent of Americans say they disapprove of the job their member of Congress is doing. (Politico)