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MPR’s Midday program at 11 a.m. today will be given over to the last debate between Rep. Michele Bachmann and her 6th district opponent, El Tinklenberg. You can find the live feed here at the appointed hour. And come on back to MnIndy for our live blog of the half-hour-long faceoff.

Republican Aubrey Immelman has had a record-breaking few days of web traffic, but nothing like DFLer Elwin Tinklenberg. On Saturday Immelman, a political science professor at the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, registered as a write-in candidate to run as a Republican for Michele Bachmann’s U.S. House seat. Immelman ran against Bachmann in the [...]

Even before her Friday Hardball debacle, Michele Bachmann faced a challenge back home that’s been little-noted but may pose difficulties for the first-term incumbent: the impact of the mortgage crisis in her suburban and rural district.

Michele Bachmann’s office just did an email blast to publicize her brand-new commercial in the suddenly tight Sixth District race. It may be the weakest spot, creatively and message-wise, that any Minnesota congressional candidate from either party has released this season. Like so much about her campaign recently, it suggests she was not really prepared [...]

Congressional candidate Bob Olson is seeking the DFL endorsement in Minnesota’s Sixth district, in hopes of taking on first-term congresswoman Michele Bachmann in November, and will live blog with the Minnesota Monitor community tonight at 6:30 PM.

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The staff of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is in the midst of a significant shakeup, with major departures from both the Washington and Minnesota offices, and a controversial social conservative taking over Bachmann’s Minnesota operations.
Rich Dunn, the chief of staff from the Washington office, told the Minnesota staff Friday that former state Sen. Sean Nienow, [...]

Former Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Elwyn Tinklenberg (at right, on the phone) was endorsed Thursday by the Minnesota AFL-CIO in his race for the U.S. House from the 6th District. If he wins the nomination, Tinklenberg will challenge first-term Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Stillwater.

Tinklenberg, who is also a former mayor of Blaine, and banker Bob [...]