Days to the November Election: 15
Let’s get out the vote!
If you’d like to help the DFL Party fight for criminal justice reform, better schools, wages, our environment, and health care, click here to get more involved there are events happening in your area! Consider signing up for a shift on a CD1 Phone Bank or CD2 Phone Bank!
Early voting!
Check out iwillvote.com/mn to learn more about early voting in person or by mail!
Voter Protection
If you or someone you know has trouble registering to vote or casting a ballot, we encourage you to reach out to the DFL’s Voter Protection Hotline at 833-DFL-VOTE (833-335-8683).
Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Stumps For Joe Biden In Minnesota: ‘People Here Vote Their Values’, WCCO
Factbox: What a Joe Biden win could mean for financial policy, Reuters
At socially distanced Durham event, Biden criticizes Trump on leadership, health care, Raleigh News & Observer
Joe Biden for President, Rolling Stone
Duluth appears in ad for presidential candidate Joe Biden, Duluth News Tribune
Joe Biden returns to Michigan: ‘There is no place for hate in America’, Detroit News
DFL Candidate Quinn Nystrom (CD8)
Endorsing Quinn Nystrom, Herald Review
Education
Joe Biden’s Plan For Student Debt Cancellation, Forbes
Minnesota schools celebrate Farm to School Month, Duluth News Tribune
Governor Tim Walz
Governor and Lt. Governor, Commissioner Grove Host Manufacturing Discussion, Red Lake National News
Lt. Gov. Flanagan says she does not support reinstalling Columbus statue, KSTP
Walz, Flanagan Announce Relief Plan To Support Farmers & Producers Impacted By COVID-19, CBS
Walz to discuss impact of COVID-19 with southern Minnesota farmers, KTTC
Healthcare
Trump keeps chipping away at Obamacare with only weeks until the election — and a Supreme Court hearing, CNNA closing argument: Why voters cannot trust Trump on healthcare, The Hill
Immigration
Supreme Court will review Trump plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from calculations for congressional seats, Washington Post
Minnesota Legislature
Suburban voters hold key to control of Minnesota Senate, Star Tribune
Two GOP state senators face challengers aided by outside money, MN Reformer
More Than 900K Early Minnesota Votes Already Accepted From 1.6M Requested Ballots, CBS Minnesota
Democrats Eyeing Suburban Seats To Flip Control Of Minnesota Senate, CBS Minnesota
Minnesota legislators push past politics to strike bonding deal, Star Tribune
Here’s what’s in that big public works bonding bill, MPR
Minnesota News
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Stumps For Joe Biden In Minnesota: ‘People Here Vote Their Values’,CBS Minnesota
COVID-19 cases tied to MN campaign events — but full impact is unclear, MPR
To be Black in Minnesota is to constantly barter for acceptance, Star Tribune
Minnesota to use $7.7M in CARES funding to support farmers, ag producers, KSTP
Representative Collin Peterson (CD7)
Peterson, Smith, Gosar Introduce Local Government Taxpayer Fairness Act, Red Lake National News
Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5)
Rep. Ilhan Omar says she loves the US ‘way more than the president’ and that Trump’s campaign trail attacks have led to threats against her life, Daily Mail
Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Trump’s campaigning stoops to new lows as Covid cases spike, CNN
‘Our house is on fire’: Suburban women lead a Trump revolt, Associated Press News
Donald Trump is the QAnon president. And he’s proud of it, The Guardian
Donald Trump Has At Least $1 Billion In Debt, More Than Twice The Amount He Suggested, Forbes
Trump mocks Joe Biden for ‘listening to the scientists’, MSNBC
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s falsehoods on virus, taxes and Bidens, Associated Press News
Trump: Biden will ‘listen to the scientists’ if elected, The Hill
Republicans
‘A Republican bloodbath’: GOP senators voice fears of a painful Trump defeat, NBC News
Ron Reagan Blasts ‘Grifter’ Trumps, Says His Dad Would Be ‘Horrified’ By The GOP, Huffington Post
Republicans are ready to remember they hate the deficit again under Joe Biden, NBC News
Republicans Want to Delay the Election in This Minnesota Trump District—Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose, Newsweek
The Republicans Enabling Trump’s Dangerous COVID-19 Comeback Tour, The Daily Beast
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar, Smith announce USDA’s $546,000 in CWD prevention funding, Brainard Dispatch
Senator Tina Smith
At Issue: Oct. 18 — Legislature passes bonding bill, interview with Sen. Tina Smith, KSTP
US News
Trump’s campaigning stoops to new lows as Covid cases spike, CNN
Treasury yields jump amid renewed stimulus hopes, CNBC
Supreme Court to review Trump’s border wall funding and ‘remain-in-Mexico’ program, Washington Post
How each of the battlegrounds factors into both presidential candidates’ routes to 270 electoral votes, Wall Street Journal
Luna Wildfire burns more than 10,000 acres in Carson National Forest, KOB4
World News
Gruesome details emerge in beheading of French teacher who showed students Muhammad cartoons, Washington Post
Socialists claim massive victory in Bolivia, one year after being ousted, Washington Post
Taiwan official allegedly injured after altercation with Chinese diplomats in Fiji, CNN
Italy, the epicenter of Europe’s first coronavirus outbreak, moves to stop second surge, CNBC
‘We Have to Speak Out’: Thai Students Defy Protest Ban, New York Times
DFL Headquarters Office Hours
Looking to buy yard signs or Biden-Harris merchandise? WE ARE FULLY STOCKED WITH SIGNS IN ALL SIZES! Stop by the DFL Headquarters on 255 East Plato Blvd in St Paul, we are now open to the public from 12:00-5:00PM Monday-Friday.
Upcoming Events:
- Today through November 2 — General Election Early Voting
- October 19, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for more information.
- October 21, 7:00 to 900 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, if you’re a member of the CD3 Central Committee or a representative of a DFL campaign in CD3, please email info@dfl3cd.org for virtual log in information.
- October 22 — Presidential Debate, more information as it becomes available
- October 31 — Halloween
- November 1 — Daylight Saving Time ends
- November 2 — Last day for in-person early voting
- November 3 — Election Day
- 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM — Polls open for in person voting. Not certain where to vote? Visit the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website here.
- November 4, 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- November 5, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 9
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
- November 10, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD40 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 12
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available.
- November 26 — Thanksgiving Day