Days Until the Election: 46
Early voting starts today!
Check out iwillvote.com/mn to learn more about early voting in person or by mail!
Joe Biden in Duluth
Today, Joe Biden will travel to Duluth, Minnesota. In the afternoon, Vice President Biden will tour a union training center and deliver remarks. You can watch HERE.
46 Days OUT – Let’s get to work!
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!
2020 Election News
Postmaster reassures state officials about voting by mail, NPR
FBI Director Wray warns of ‘very active efforts’ by Russians to influence the 2020 election, CNBC
400K people register to vote on Snapchat, The Hill
Agriculture
‘I Have To Work’: Agricultural Workers In The West Harvest Crops Through Fire Smoke, NPR
Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Biden campaigning in Duluth area, Duluth News Tribune
Northern Minnesota in the spotlight for dueling campaign stops, Star Tribune
DFL CD 1 Candidate Dan Feehan
Feehan promises relief for southern Minnesotans during Med City stop, KTTC
Environment
Governments should invest to overcome the coronavirus crisis — but don’t forget climate change, says expert, CNBC
Immigration
Trump’s Social Security-illegal immigration attack on Biden misses its mark, The Washington Post
Immigrants fight end to temporary legal protections, Star Tribune
Governor Tim Walz
Gov. Tim Walz on COVID-19, George Floyd, and whether there’ll ever be ‘One Minnesota’, MinnPost
Gov. Tim Walz lays out benchmarks for ending COVID-19 emergency in Minnesota, Star Tribune
Gov Walz Asks Trump & Biden To Abide By MN Virus Rules Tomorrow, KRFO Radio
Walz on this moment: ‘I don’t think you get another chance at it’, MN Reformer
Minnesota Legislature
Election 2020: Candidates weigh in on racial equity, policing reform, Union Times
Rochester, Olmsted county leaders ask MN legislature to pass a new bonding bill, KIMT3 News
For the mayor of Bemidji, Trump visit is ‘monumental’ — but complicated, MinnPost
Minnesota News
Early voting in Minnesota starts Friday. Any questions?, Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Youth voter registration on the rise in Minnesota, Star Tribune
Sign of the times: Politics roil Bemidji, MPR
Senator Tina Smith
HAPPENING NOW – LIVE: U.S. Senate candidates Tina Smith, Jason Lewis face off in virtual debate, Duluth News Tribune – Register to watch on zoom here!
Secretary of State Steve Simon
Early voting by absentee ballot for the 2020 General Election is now underway, Detroit Lakes Online
SOS: 1 MILLION MINNESOTANS REQUEST ABSENTEE BALLOT, WJON
Where to vote early in Minnesota, KARE 11
U.S. News
US will ban WeChat and TikTok downloads on Sunday, CNN
About half of Americans say their lives will remain changed in major ways when the pandemic is over, Pew Research
Louisville city council votes ‘no confidence’ in mayor for handling of Breonna Taylor case, NBC
Yosemite National Park closes as wildfires scorch West Coast, NBC
World News
WHO warns of ‘very serious situation’ in Europe, with ‘alarming rates’ of virus transmission, CNN
Belarus, backers seek to block speeches at UN rights body, Washington Post
New info emerges on poisoning of Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny, CBS
Health-care workers make up 1 in 7 cases of COVID-19 cases recorded globally, WHO says, Washington Post
Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Trump launches ‘Patriotic Education’ Commission, calls 1619 Project ‘ideological poison’, Forbes
Donald Trump accused of sexual assault by former model Amy Dorris, The Guardian
Trump won’t attend United Nations General Assembly in person, CNN
Republicans
QAnon conspiracy theorist to feel warm embrace of Republicans in Congress, The Guardian
DFL Headquarters Office Hours
Looking to buy yard signs or Biden-Harris merchandise? 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.
- September 18 through November 2 — General Election Early Voting
- September 21 — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for specifics
- September 22 — Fall Equinox
- September 25
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM— DFL Pop Up Shop, 6990 Alpine Trl, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Plymouth, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- September 26, 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, 4733 W 99th St., Bloomington, MN 55437
- September 27 to 28 — Yom Kippur
- September 28
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, 14350 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka, MN 55345
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Wayzata, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- September 29, 8:00 to 9:30 PM — Presidential Debate, Case Western Reserve University, more information and it becomes available.
- October 1, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 5
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Excelsior, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, 6770 Chaparral Ln, Chanhassen, MN 55317
- October 7
- 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 8
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Brooklyn Park, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- 2:00 to 6:00 PM — DFL Pop Up Shop, Maple Grove, MN, location TBD, more information here.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 10, 1:30 to 3:00 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 12
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 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, no meeting this month, please focus on supporting campaigns in your district.
- October 22 — Presidential Debate, more information as it becomes available