Capitol View: October 9, 2010 Archive

Obama to campaign for Dayton

Posted at 4:03 PM on October 9, 2010 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)
Filed under: Campaign 2010, Campaign 2010: Minnesota Governor

Democrat Mark Dayton's campaign says President Obama will hold a campaign rally for Dayton and other DFL candidates on October 23rd. The campaign says the rally will be in Minneapolis but other details aren't available yet.

Here's the release from Dayton's campaign:

President Obama will travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to headline a rally for Democratic-Farmer-Labor party gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton on Saturday, October 23, 2010. The rally will be the kick-off of the DFL's Get Out the Vote campaign on behalf of Mark Dayton and his Lieutenant Governor running mate Yvonne Prettner Solon, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Attorney General Lori Swanson, and State Auditor Rebecca Otto.

Details of the event will be forthcoming.

Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are also holding a private fundraiser in Minneapolis for the political arm of the Democrats in the U.S. House (DCCC) that evening..

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Fox 9 debate

Posted at 9:53 PM on October 9, 2010 by Tom Scheck
Filed under: Campaign 2010, Campaign 2010: Minnesota Governor

The three candidates battled over the budget, huffed over higher education and argued over anti-bullying legislation. The debate sponsored by Fox9 News and hosted at Hamline University, was broadcast on live TV. Miss it there? You can listen to it here:

Listen

FYI - I'll post a link to my story once it's live on the web.

Here's the story.