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An appeals court ruling says First Amendment protections trump Minnesota’s efforts to clamp down on election disinformation.

After a sound defeat in Minnesota’s Republican primary for governor, the running mate of Mike Lindell is pushing for a high court review of the election results.

Both gubernatorial candidates spoke with MPR News about the Liberian government official connected to Minnesota’s group home industry.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has built a brand as a politician willing to put her head down and work across the aisle to get things done. In her bid for Minnesota governor, she’s working to distinguish her approach from that of outgoing Gov. Tim Walz.

In Minnesota, Democratic primary turnout was on par with the 2018 midterm election, with both years marking the state’s highest Democratic primary turnout in a midterm year so far this century.

In an Islamophobic video, a conservative activist takes aim at voter registration laws in Minnesota, asks election workers what the law is, gets answers and leaves out plenty.

The two senatorial candidates vying for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nomination faced off Monday in a debate hosted by MPR News, with immigration enforcement and fraud as key policy issues separating their campaigns.

Get a look at how the candidates and parties are diving deeper into this year’s midterm election campaign in this special broadcast from the DFL convention in Rochester and the GOP convention in Duluth.

MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst interviews Gov. Tim Walz about the 2026 session and his remaining time in office as Minnesota’s two-term governor.

MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with four caucus leaders about a session-ending agreement and how they’ll shepherd it through this weekend.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is putting some definition around her campaign for Minnesota governor a few months after entering the race to replace DFL Gov. Tim Walz. Meanwhile, some longtime lawmakers prepare to exit the state Capitol.

May will be a critical month for state lawmakers and for candidates for a range of Minnesota elective offices. The end of the legislative session and the state party endorsing conventions are closing in. We’ll check in on both.