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Mahamoud Wardere, a former staffer for Sen. Norm Coleman and Muslim immigrant from Somalia, is running on an anti-war platform in hopes of defeating Republican Rep. John Kline. Wardere is seeking the Republican endorsement and joins DFLers Dan Powers and Shelley Madore in looking to unseat Kline. Wardere’s name also popped up during the 2008 [...]

Dan Powers will seek the DFL endorsement to take on U.S. Rep John Kline in the Second Congressional District. The construction contractor and Burnsville resident argues that the four-term Republican incumbent is out of touch with his constituents.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken has it in for Brian Williams. That’s one conclusion to be drawn from Franken’s backing of a bill that would end tax breaks for pharmaceutical ads of the sort that pepper TV network news shows. Meanwhile, Franken is having unintended side effects of his own. National Geographic magazine is challenging other [...]