D.C. Memo: Betting the farm
This week from Washington, the agriculture industry wants to keep Collin Peterson right where he is; a House resolution on discrimination; and what Amy Klobuchar is up to.
Gabe Schneider
Gabe Schneider is MinnPost’s Washington correspondent. Before joining MinnPost, he served as a reporting fellow for the nonprofit Texas Tribune, and he has written for The Columbia Journalism Review, Vox, Los Angeles Magazine, and more.
Why (and where) Amy Klobuchar will still be a factor in the 2020 election
Klobuchar is one of the few DFLers popular in Greater Minnesota, where Republicans have come to dominate in recent elections.
Why the agriculture industry is all in on sending Collin Peterson back to Congress
In former Minnesota Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach, Republicans thought they had found the perfect candidate to unseat the fifteen-term incumbent. The ag industry doesn’t appear to share their enthusiasm.
D.C. Memo: Supplemental politics
This week from Washington, Trump’s efforts to win Minnesota, Jason Lewis’ time hawking supplements, and what’s happening with Jim Hagedorn’s office.
Where things stand with mail delivery in Minnesota
Recent cuts at USPS have raised concerns about changes in service — and problems with vote-by-mail.
D.C. Memo: A big franking problem
This week from Washington, big spending in Hagedorn’s office, what’s going on at the RNC and an update on the CD-7 race.
The other mail scandal: Rep. Jim Hagedorn’s office spending problems, explained
Hagedorn recently made headlines for spending 40% of his congressional office’s annual budget in the first quarter of 2020 — much of it with a firm part-owned by one of his staffers.
With Fischbach on the ballot, can Republicans finally take Minnesota’s Seventh District?
Incumbent DFLer Rep. Collin Peterson’s margins of victory have been shrinking in recent elections. Will a better-known, better-funded opponent — and having Trump on the ballot — finally end his congressional career?
D.C. Memo: Conventional jokes
This week from Washington, the Democratic convention, Rep. Jim Hagedorn fires his chief of staff and Trump’s new unemployment payments aren’t coming any time soon.
Why Trump’s promised $400 extra unemployment benefit won’t reach Minnesotans any time soon
Minnesota officials are still waiting for guidance on how to implement the new program — if it’s even legal.
Who’s running for Congress in Minnesota in 2020
We’re tracking all the candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
Omar’s primary victory affirms progressives’ control of Minnesota’s Fifth District
Omar’s decisive victory was driven by a progressive turnout machine built over the last decade.
D.C. Memo: The law of the letter
This week from Washington, Omar and Fischbach win their primary races, USPS gets a threat and Kamala Harris is the VP pick for Joe Biden.
D.C. Memo: Under control as much as you can control it
This week from Washington, a campaign finance complaint in the Fifth District DFL primary, candidates go to Farmfest and who got PPP loans.
In Farmfest forum, voters get a first look at the Tina Smith-Jason Lewis Senate contest
The wide-ranging debate touched on major issues like the environment, immigration and health care.
D.C. Memo: No relief
This week from Washington, we’re headed off of the unemployment benefits cliff, Motherboard obtains spy plane footage of Minneapolis and a look at the CD-7 race.
In Minnesota’s Seventh District, Republicans weigh who’s best to take on Collin Peterson
After a lengthy convention over Zoom, the party endorsed former Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach. But she now faces four primary challengers, including two-time previous candidate Dave Hughes.
The federal program that has been paying thousands of unemployed Minnesotans $600 per week is about to expire. Congress has no plan to replace it yet
Republicans have yet to come to an agreement inside their own party about what a new coronavirus-relief package should contain. And while it’s likely to contain an extension of the extra unemployment payment, the amount of the payment is expected to be much lower.
D.C. Memo: Person, woman, man, camera, TV
Jim Hagedorn votes to keep Confederate monuments up; tons of Fifth District news and a lot of legislation.
Antone Melton-Meaux’s campaign paid almost $100,000 to two consulting companies — but won’t say who is involved or what work they do
Melton-Meaux’s campaign said they had signed nondisclosure agreements with the firms preventing them from revealing any further information on them.
