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In Minnesota

The Republican Party of Minnesota today agreed to change a television campaign ad critical of Gov. Mark Dayton, after a woman complained about the use of her dead grandson’s picture. (MPR News)

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson is going up with three more ads before he faces off against Gov. Mark Dayton on Nov. 4. (MPR News)

In the final stretch of the campaign, the conservative Minnesota Jobs Coalition is targeting vulnerable House DFLers in a six-figure television ad buy. (MPR News)

Former Secretary of State and likely 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton rallied voters for Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Al Franken. (AP/MPR News)

Vice President Joe Biden did the same with 8th District Rep. Rick Nolan. (AP/MPR News)

NPR also covered Biden's rally with Nolan. (NPR)

Gov. Dayton is taking heat for avoiding reporters with questions about a key insurance provider's exit from the state's health care exchange. (AP via KSTP)

National Politics

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that streamlining government agencies will be a central goal in the new Congress. (Politico)

Cutting federal health and retirement spending has long been at the top of the GOP agenda. But with Republicans in striking distance of winning the Senate, they are suddenly blasting the idea of trimming Social Security benefits. (Washington Post)

Economic anxiety is a major undercurrent of this election. (Politico)