While the two presidential advance teams set up their events in Minnesota, Bachmann and Graves engaged in a spirited verbal duel on KSTP-TV, the last of three encounters in less than a week. Cloud - following trips to Minneapolis and Duluth last week - also aimed at the heart of the congressional district represented by GOP firebrand Michele Bachmann, who is locked in a surprisingly competitive congressional race with DFL businessman Jim Graves. Kurt Bills, before a live audience on public radio.Ĭlinton's visit to St. Amy Klobuchar and her Republican opponent, state Rep. The last-ditch push of presidential campaigning added to a daylong mix of debates in Minnesota, including a face-off between U.S. "Are you going to help us win this election?. "I've got a question, Minnesota," said Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, firing up an enthusiastic crowd of 10,000 at a Sun Country Airlines hangar. It was his second trip to Minnesota in less than a week.įurthering the impression of a swing-state battleground, the Romney campaign announced that one of the candidate's sons, Josh Romney, will attend an election-closing GOP rally in Plymouth Monday morning. Cloud to energize DFL volunteers and shore up a firewall of Midwestern states, including Ohio and Wisconsin, which could play a critical role in picking Tuesday's winner. Hours later, former President Bill Clinton touched down in St. Paul International Airport, holding out the prospect of ending the state's 36-year stretch of voting for Democrats in presidential elections.
With Minnesota teetering on the edge of battleground territory in the presidential race, Republican nominee Mitt Romney and President Obama sent in their top campaign surrogates Sunday, expanding the field in the closing days of a wildly unpredictable contest.Īfter largely sidestepping Minnesota other than a brief dinner stop last week, Romney running mate Paul Ryan attended a "victory rally" at Minneapolis-St.
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