June 10, 2006 - Steve Kelley's concession speech at DFL state convention
June 10, 2006 - Becky Lourey's speech at the DFL state convention
June 13, 2006 - Minnesota's jobless rate hit a five-a year low in May, providing ammunition for some early salvos in this year's campaign for governor. Governor Pawlenty and the Republican Party are touting the unemployment numbers in the hope of convincing voters that Minnesota is headed in the right direction. DFLers, led by its list of endorsed candidates, criticized the governor's policies during a statewide fly-around today . Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
June 14, 2006 - Judge Gerald Heaney is retiring this summer after 40 years on the federal appeals court. His rulings in school desegregation cases influenced other judges around the country. He was also an advisor to a generation of leaders in the Democratic Party, including Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale. Mondale says Heaney didn't harbor any personal political ambitions; rather he wielded influence from the bench.
June 14, 2006 - Minnesota's jobless rate hit a five-a year low in May, providing ammunition for some early salvos in this year's campaign for governor. Governor Pawlenty and the Republican Party are touting the unemployment numbers in the hope of convincing voters that Minnesota is headed in the right direction. DFLers, led by its list of endorsed candidates, criticized the governor's policies during a statewide fly-around today . Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
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June 30, 2006 - The Reverend Jesse Jackson will be in North Minneapolis today to hold a rally for Keith Ellison, the DFL endorsed candidate in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District. If elected, Ellison would be the first African American Congressman from Minnesota and the first Muslim Congressman in the nation's history. But Ellison's past, in particular his relationship with the group, Nation of Islam, is causing some Jewish activists and others to question whether he's the best candidate.
July 5, 2006 - Governor Tim Pawlenty says he's sending 200 Minnesota National Guard troops to New Mexico to help patrol the U.S.-Mexico border. Pawlenty says he's activating the troops because the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security issued a request for help. President Bush said in May that he wanted 2,500 National Guard troops in the southwest by June to prevent people from crossing the border illegally, less than half the desired number of troops were in place along the border on June thirtieth. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports.
July 7, 2006 - In Minnesota's first district, near Rochester, the race for a seat in the House of Representatives is heating up. Republican Gil Gutknecht has held the seat since 1994 but Rochester recently has leaned Democratic.
July 7, 2006 - MPR’s Tom Scheck reports on upcoming DFL battle for congressional seat. Ellison is the DFL-endorsed candidate for Congress in the Fifth Congressional District. Yesterday the former chair of the state DFL Party, Mike Erlandson, filed for the same seat. Erlandson is ignoring his party's endorsement and trying to beat Ellison in the September primary. Erlandson is getting help from his former boss, Congressman Martin Sabo, who is retiring at the end of the year.