Campaign 2026 reaches its final mile on eve of midterm

While caustic ads infiltrate every kind of screen, Minnesota’s political parties and candidates went for a personal touch over the weekend in their bid to turn out voters. Democratic and Republican bus tours will rumble forward Monday, featuring candidates making their closing arguments.

Along the way, they’ve highlighted themes that have been central throughout the campaign: affordability and fraud. They’ve also called for a change — for Republicans, that change should be in St. Paul, while Democrats say the shift should come in Washington.

Hundreds packed a carpenters union hall in St. Paul to rally with DFL candidates ahead of a door knock Sunday afternoon. Two-term Attorney General Keith Ellison took the stage to rally volunteers, opening with a “What’s up, team?”

Many in the room had already voted — as have at least 729,000, according to stats out last week. Ellison implored the crowd to fo...