Half of likely voters said they are highly confident that votes will be counted accurately in November, and nearly a third more said they were moderately confident.

Candidates in two Minnesota House races have their parties misprinted on ballots handed out to early voters in two counties. Democrat Joe Staloch and Republican state Rep. Peggy Bennett have their parties incorrectly printed on ballots going out in Faribault County,

Tony Eichenlaub of Rochester has knocked on hundreds of doors since he became a team leader for Faith in Minnesota, a progressive group that has endorsed three candidates for Rochester City Council and is seen as a growing force in local politics.

According to a climate opinion poll, 53% of Minnesotans say a presidential candidate's view on global warming is important to their vote, and 64% say developing clean energy should be a priority for the president and Congress.

Nearly eight in 10 Minnesotans surveyed for a new MPR News, KARE 11 and Minnesota Star Tribune poll have high to moderate confidence of an accurate vote count in the November election. They’re more split over the safeguards around absentee and mail-in voting.

This will be the third debate this election cycle without the rules and format decided by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The rules and format in the past two debates were

A Republican candidate for a state House seat who is running on his experience in law enforcement was excoriated by a state judge last fall for “intentionally or recklessly mischaracterizing the truth” on a pair of affidavits in a felony drug case.

"This November, Minnesotans will rally behind President Trump after living under the failed leadership of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for the past four years," GOP spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement to Newsweek. "Minnesota families are being devastated by Democrat-induced inflation, open borders and a surge in crime across the state."

Campaign finance filings show donations also surged in swing states when Harris picked Walz as her running mate.

Bennett and her opponent are both listed incorrectly, with Democrat Joe Staloch identified as a Republican. The error was discovered Friday, on the first day of early voting.

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan promoted free school lunch, served on the Minneapolis school board and was Tim Walz's political mentor.