In the Know: August 10, 2018

4 days until the Aug. 14 primary
42 days until early voting opens, Sept. 21
88 days until Election Day

2018 Election — Primary
Voting is now open! Go to dfl.org/voteearly to request an absentee ballot to vote by mail or vote in person. Click here for early voting locations.

Early voting in primary is a positive sign for Minnesota, Star Tribune

Please share dfl.org/vote with people who need to know where to vote and want to know who is on their ballot.

Why are you voting on Tuesday?


2018 Election — U.S. Senate
At Farmfest, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and her challenger, state Rep. Newberger make their case to rural voters, Star Tribune

2018 Election — U.S. House
Pence visits Duluth to support Stauber and tout mining, MPR
Vice President Pence stumps for Stauber in Duluth, KSTP
Pence congratulates UMD Bulldogs. . .for high school hockey title, Star Tribune
Democrats’ hopes to take the House could stumble in Minnesota, Star Tribune
James Denton, an actor known for his role on Desperate Housewives, is the first person to appear with Dean Phillips, the DFL-endorsed candidate for CD 3, in Constituents in Trucks Getting Coffee.


2018 Election — Governor
Editorial counterpoint from Gov. Dayton: I support Erin Murphy for governor, Star Tribune
Mpls. police union head defends Pawlenty mailer from ‘kooky’ Minneapolis council critics, Star Tribune
At Farmfest, all five major candidates for governor make their pitch – with an eye toward November, MinnPost

Both parties are making on-the-fly changes to their messages in the heat of midterm campaigning, because their go-to issues turn out to have problems.

After reading Axios AM yesterday, where we revealed that Rudy Giuliani’s constant TV appearances are using the Mueller investigation to fuel the Republican base’s rage, Matt Bennett of the center-left Third Way emailed:

“I can’t think of a recent election cycle in which both parties thought (or still think) they had killerissues to run on and both are totally wrong. Democrats can’t run on Russia/Mueller [because it motivates Republicans more than it does Democrats], and Republicans can’t run on the tax cuts because, among other things, Trump used his outside voice to say they’re for the rich.”

Some Democrats salivated about running on impeachment, until their leaders convinced them that would backfire. And the party’s “Abolish ICE” boomlet, fueled by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York, was co-opted by Republicans who now talk up their support for immigration agents.

Republicans planned to make the Trump tax cut the centerpiece of the fall. But that didn’t even last through March, since the tax cuts don’t have the broad popularity the party expected.

  • In an AP story with the memorable headline “Republicans promote fear, not tax cuts, in key elections,” GOP ad maker Will Ritter says of tax cuts: “We wish it got the pitch forks out and it doesn’t.”

One other game change you should be aware of … “Democrats running for Congress in 2018 are pushing a muscular gun-control agenda that represents a wholesale repositioning on the hot-button issue,” The Wall Street Journal’s Reid Epstein writes (subscription).

  • Why it matters: “[G]un control has become a [Democratic] litmus test from which few dissent, alongside abortion rights and support for same-sex marriage.”
  • “For a generation after the 1994 assault-weapons ban cost scores of Democrats their jobs, party members avoided pushing gun restrictions.” Axios

Education
Candidates for governor divided by vision for education, Star Tribune

Environment
Court orders ban on harmful pesticides, says EPA violated law, Star Tribune
Minnesota is experiencing a clean energy boom, but workers are hard to find, Duluth News Tribune

Fraser, Arvonne
Legacy of equity, independence: A tribune to Arvonne Fraser, MinnPost

Immigration
Big Minnesota pork producers ‘surprised’ by immigration raid, Star Tribune

Upcoming DFL Events

  • Today through August 13 — Primary early voting. More information here.
  • August 10, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 10, 12:00 PM — Stand Against Trump, SD40 DFL Treasurer John Schafer is holding a weekly hour of protest and resistance on Fridays from 12pm to 1pm at the corner of Brookdale & Xerxes in Brooklyn Park.
  • August 10, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 10, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 10, 7:00 PM — Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon on TPT’s Almanac
  • August 11, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 11, 10:30 AM — DFL Chair Ken Martin on WCCO-TV’s Sunday Morning
  • August 11, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 11, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 12, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 12, 12:00 PM — DFL Senior Caucus Picnic, Brookview Park, Winnetka Ave S, one block south of Hwy. 55.
  • August 12, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 12, 2:30 PM — SD44 First Annual Cornhole Tournament, $10 registration fee, pre-register by email to sporkage2001@yahoo.com.
  • August 12, 4:00 PM — SD44 Annual Picnic, North Picnic Shelter, north side of County Road 6 on the hill, 15205 County Road 6, Minneapolis, MN 55447. Friends and candidates gather for a delicious meal, donate as generously as possible to help candidates win in November.
  • August 12, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 12, 6:30 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, after their annual picnic, Parker’s Lake North Picnic Shelter (on the hill), north side of County Road 6, 15205 County Road 6, Minneapolis, MN 55447.
  • August 13, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 13, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 13, 3:00 PM — DFL Get Out the Vote Tour, 187 Cheshire Ln, Suite 700, Plymouth, MN 55441.
  • August 13, 4:30 PM — DFL Get Out the Vote Tour, 2937 Brookdale Dr, Minneapolis, MN 55444.
  • August 13, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 13, 7:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, 7001 Cahill Rd, Suite 21, Edina, MN
  • August 14, 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM — Primary Election Day, more information here.
  • August 14, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 14, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 14, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 15, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 15, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 15, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 15, 6:00 PM — Ethiopian Coffee Hour hosted at the DFL Field Office, 4407 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55406.
  • August 15, 7:00 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, Council Chambers, Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN
  • August 16, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 16, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 16, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 16, 7:00 PM — CD3 Coon Rapids Campaign Office Grand Opening, 2923 Coon Rapids Blvd NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55433. Join them for a great gathering of candidates and volunteers.
  • August 17, 9:00 AM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 17, 12:00 PM — Stand Against Trump, SD40 DFL Treasurer John Schafer is holding a weekly hour of protest and resistance on Fridays from 12pm to 1pm at the corner of Brookdale & Xerxes in Brooklyn Park.
  • August 17, 1:30 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.
  • August 17, 6:00 PM — CD3 Plymouth Campaign Office Staffing Help, 187 Cheshire Ln, Plymouth, MN 55441. For more information or to RSVP email mberman@dfl.org.