DFL Candidates Make Final Push in Duluth
Minnesota Democrats rallied in northern Minnesota on Sunday ahead of the midterm elections, urging voters to turn out.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Elections
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Minnesota DFL candidates held a final campaign rally in Duluth on Sunday, November 1, encouraging voters to cast their ballots. Candidates criticized the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress over gas prices, health care premiums, and tariffs with Canada.
Why it matters
The rally marks the closing stretch of the midterm campaign in Minnesota, where candidates across statewide and congressional races are asking voters to decide on economic and health care issues. Republican candidates have been campaigning across the state with a bus tour in the same period.
Trina Swanson is seeking Minnesota's 8th congressional district seat currently held by Pete Stauber. The extraction includes no polling figures or vote tallies for the race.
The players
Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar is a current U.S. Senator and the DFL candidate for Minnesota governor.
Steve Simon
Simon is the Minnesota Secretary of State.
The details
Candidates stopped in Duluth to speak to attendees and encourage them to vote, with Amy Klobuchar, the DFL candidate for governor, and running mate Ben Schierer among those campaigning. Klobuchar said she wants to transform state government and root out fraud, while candidates said they would address gas prices, health care premiums, and tariffs with Canada if elected.
Timeline
Saturday: GOP candidates' bus tour stopped in Rochester to speak with voters.
Sunday, November 1: DFL candidates held their final rally in Duluth.
Two days before election day: Swanson urged volunteers to complete door knocks, calls, and texts.
Political Context
Republican candidates have been running a statewide bus tour through Minnesota in the same closing days, with a stop in Rochester on Saturday. The DFL rally in Duluth is a counterpart to that effort in the northern part of the state.
Minnesota voters will decide the governor's race, the 8th congressional district seat, and other state offices in the coming days. Candidates have said they will act on gas prices, health care premiums, and tariffs with Canada if elected.
The takeaway
The closing days of a campaign are when candidates' promises on prices and health care premiums are most directly tested by voters. Checking each candidate's stated positions on these issues before election day can help voters decide.
Further reading
For more on the state's races, see Elections coverage for Minnesota.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Northernnewsnow.
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