The Daily Digest: Debate debate settled
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In Minnesota
A small number of races will determine whether the DFL maintains its hold on the Minnesota House this fall. (Star Tribune)
After initially calling for 13 debates Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson has agreed to five forums with DFL Gov. Mark Dayton even though Dayton was willing to do six debates. (MPR News)
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Responding to DFL criticisms of his record, Johnson said, "“I am not a tea party extremist." (MPR News)
Republicans are hoping to leverage Tom Emmer's candidacy for the U.S. House seat in the deeply red 6th to help other GOP statewide candidates on the ballot. (MinnPost)
DFL Sen. Al Franken’s latest TV ad features scenes of Bermuda and claims that the company Mike McFadden helped run “uses a special tax loophole to list its headquarters offshore and avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes in America.” (MPR News)
The Strib profiles state Rep. Torrey Westrom, the Republican who's challenging DFL Rep. Collin Peterson in the 7th District. (Star Tribune)
National Politics
Lawmakers are streaming back to Capitol Hill after their summer vacation for a brief September session to keep the government funded and hold votes aimed at defining the parties for the fall campaign. (AP via MPR News)
The Obama Administration says destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria may be a three year campaign. (New York Times)
Abandoning his pledge to act by the end of summer, President Barack Obama has decided to delay any executive action on immigration until after the November congressional elections, White House officials said. (AP via MPR News)
More than a dozen prominent Washington research groups have received tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments in recent years while pushing United States government officials to adopt policies that often reflect the donors’ priorities. (New York Times)