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    April 16, 2018
    Leah Phifer Submitted photo
    Leader in DFL convention delegates for Nolan seat may not file for primary
    DULUTH—The leader in delegate voting throughout last weekend's 8th Congressional District DFL convention may not be moving to the primary...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 16, 2018 - 7:04pm
    April 14, 2018
    Eighth District DFL congressional candidate Leah Phifer speaks at the DFL district convention in Duluth Saturday, April 14. Phifer was one on five candidates competing for the party's nomination at the convention. (Clint Austin / Forum News Service)
    8th DFL headed to primary: Convention produces no endorsed candidate
    DULUTH — After a deadlocked convention on Saturday, April 14, in Duluth, the voters will decide a DFL candidate for the 8th Congressional...
    newsApril 14, 2018 - 9:51pm
    Craig gets rematch against Lewis in 2nd District
    BURNSVILLE, Minn. — After narrowly losing her first bid for Congress in 2016, Democrat Angie Craig is getting a second crack at defeating first-term Republican Rep. Jason Lewis this fall. Craig, a former medical device company executive from Eagan, easily won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor...
    newsApril 14, 2018 - 7:10pm
    March 23, 2018
    Orville Freeman, former governor of Minnesota, and his wife, Jane, at a governors conference in Michigan in about 1959. Courtesy of Kate Freeman
    Jane Freeman, wife of state's first Democratic Gov. Orville Freeman and mother of Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, dies at 96
    ST. PAUL—Former Minnesota First Lady Jane Freeman, wife of late Gov. Orville Freeman, mother to Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 23, 2018 - 8:47pm
    March 21, 2018
    DFL endorses Flowe for House 17B
    WILLMAR — The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party unanimously endorsed Anita Flowe, of Willmar, as its candidate for Minnesota House District...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 21, 2018 - 10:08pm
    March 1, 2018
    Jason Metsa
    Metsa joins 4 others in search of 8th District DFL endorsement
    DULUTH—It wasn't the only factor, but "a nudge" from the congressman Jason Metsa will vie to replace helped him decide to run for the 8th...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 1, 2018 - 5:09pm
    February 19, 2018
    Rick Nolan
    Where does Nolan's campaign cash go?: Retiring congressman has more than $500K on hand
    DULUTH—When Rep. Rick Nolan announced his upcoming retirement from Congress earlier this month, he ended a re-election campaign flush with...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 19, 2018 - 6:46pm
    February 17, 2018
    Minnesota state Rep. Dave Baker of Willmar says on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, that he supports adding a penny state charge onto every opioid pill, to fund drug abuse programs. But he could not say that he would get votes from fellow Republicans for what could be seen as a new tax. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Tribune Opinion: Minnesota opioids bill is a brave and needed proposal
    Brave politicians Rep. Dave Baker, R-Willmar, Sen. Chris Eaton, DFL-Brooklyn Center, joined Gov. Mark Dayton Wednesday in proposing a stewardship...
    opinion/editorialsFebruary 17, 2018 - 10:35am
    February 11, 2018
    Rick Nolan
    Nolan reflects on retirement, look forward to family time
    DULUTH, Minn.—The airplane carrying Rick Nolan home from Washington, D.C., on Friday reached Minnesota in the middle of the afternoon....
    newsFebruary 11, 2018 - 7:31am
    February 9, 2018
    U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan announced Friday morning that he is retiring at the end of his fourth term. In this file photo from May of 2014, Nolan gives remarks about the death of former U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar at his Duluth office. Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan to retire from Congress, leaving a legacy of coalition building in fractured district
    DULUTH—"Rabble rouser." "Dedicated public servant." "Thank you." The tributes came pouring in Friday morning, Feb. 9, as U.S. Rep. Rick...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 9, 2018 - 7:02pm
    February 5, 2018
    DFL, GOP leaders agree: Participate
    ST. PAUL—The chairs of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican parties rarely agree on anything, but on Monday, Feb. 5, the two leaders held a joint Capitol new conference to urge voters to go to their precinct caucuses on Tuesday night, Feb. 6. The caucuses are...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 5, 2018 - 9:55pm
    Nick Leonard
    Fellow Democrat Nick Leonard to challenge Tina Smith for Senate seat
    Minnesota's newest senator now has some competition from within her own party. Nick Leonard, a Minneapolis lawyer and activist, announced Monday,...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 5, 2018 - 9:22pm
    January 15, 2018
    Rep. Rick Nolan, DFL-Crosby, and challenger Leah Phifer.
    First up for 8th District: DFL candidacy: Incumbent Nolan, challenger Phifer hunt for delegates
    DULUTH — For DFLers in the 17 northeastern and north-central counties that make up the 8th Congressional District in Minnesota, the campaign...
    newsJanuary 15, 2018 - 6:00am
    January 4, 2018
    Leah Phifer (Courtesy photo)
    In Minn. 8th District congressional race, DFL challenger to Nolan wants end to 'partisan chicken'
    BRAINERD, Minn.—First-time congressional candidate Leah Phifer aims to resist President Donald Trump, engage a neglected voter bloc and...
    newsJanuary 4, 2018 - 9:07pm
    November 13, 2017
    Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton
    Minnesota Dems requiring training to avoid more sexual harassment
    ST. PAUL — Changes are starting days after two Minnesota legislators were accused of sexual harassment. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party announced...
    news/government-and-politicsNovember 13, 2017 - 7:38pm
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