Election 2024

Election 2024

Everything you need to know about the local, state and federal elections in 2024.

Here comes the Sun (Belt): With Harris running, the presidential map has shifted back
Now that Vice President Harris is the likely Democratic presidential nominee versus former President Donald Trump, the map of competitive states in the election is a repeat of the 2020 battlegrounds.
Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech
The issue of border security is one of Vice President Harris' biggest vulnerabilities in her campaign. On Tuesday, she tried to use his signature issue against former President Donald Trump.
Harris’ VP pick will likely be decided in the next week, Walz remains in the running
Vice President Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, appears intent on making a choice that she’s comfortable with personally and that can expand her electoral appeal in a matter of days.
Acting Secret Service director says he’s ‘ashamed’ after the Trump assassination attempt
Tuesday’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees was the latest in a series of congressional sessions dedicated to the law enforcement lapses and missed communications that preceded the shooting.
How to vote in the 2024 Minnesota primary election
Minnesotans will vote in the 2024 primary election on Aug. 13 to weigh in on which candidates they’d like to advance to November’s general election. Here’s what to know about Minnesota’s primary election.
Harris and Democrats keep calling Trump and Vance 'weird.' Here's why
The “weird” message appears to have given Democrats a narrative advantage that it rarely had when President Joe Biden was still running for reelection. Trump’s campaign has spent days trying to flip the script by highlighting things about Democrats it says are weird.
In 7th District, a conservative Republican faces a primary challenge — from the right
U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach has significant name ID and fundraising advantages over political newcomer Steve Boyd in Minnesota’s Republican 7th Congressional District primary. Still, Boyd is campaigning regularly in the district hoping for an upset in the Aug. 13 contest.
JD Vance and the Republican vets who think America should do less, not more, abroad
JD Vance is the first veteran of Iraq or Afghanistan to appear on a presidential ballot. But he isn’t a hawk; he leads a contingent of war veterans in the GOP who oppose U.S. military intervention overseas.
Trump predicts a Minnesota win in November. Dems bash the former president at rally
On the same day Donald Trump rallied supporters at a hockey arena in St. Cloud, Gov. Tim Walz encouraged Democrats to get energized to defeat the former Republican president.