Student volunteers Michael Brickman of Milwaukee, left, and Matt Gallagher of Minneapolis, right, hang McCain posters and bunting from the balcony of the Derry Opera House ahead of a town hall meeting with GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice president involved since 1952.
St. Olaf students get up-close look in New Hampshire
January 7, 2008
All eyes will be on New Hampshire Tuesday, when the state holds the nation's first primary of the political season.
Students in a St. Olaf College political science class have been in the thick of the presidential campaign in New Hampshire. For the past couple of weeks, they've been in that state volunteering for presidential candidates.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer talked with Alex Cutler, who has been with Barack Obama's campaign, and Matt Gallagher, who has been with John McCain's campaign.
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