The misleading claims are flying from both sides as outside groups spend millions of dollars on campaign commercials in Minnesota's 8th District congressional race.
The New Hampshire home where Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack's family lives is worth as much as $500,000, according to a congressional disclosure statement. The congressman from Minnesota's 8th District revealed details of his personal finances for 2011 in the statement posted online by the House clerk Friday.
Democrat Tarryl Clark has picked up the support of former President Bill Clinton as she faces two primary rivals in northeastern Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.
Two Democrats running in a northeastern Minnesota primary are lagging in the money chase. Former Rep. Rick Nolan had $93,000 as July began, while former Duluth City Councilor Jeff Anderson had $18,000. That compares with $259,000 for former state Sen. Tarryl Clark.
U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack says he wants to put an end to federal authority over some activities on Mille Lacs Lake. Coast Guard regulations in 2010 determined that Mille Lacs is a "federally navigable" body of water.
The state DFL party has endorsed former congressman Rick Nolan to oppose Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack in the state's 8th Congressional District. But DFLer Tarryl Clark says she'll take her campaign to the primary.
A candidate in Minnesota's closely watched 8th congressional district race says she'll take her campaign for the Democratic nomination directly to a summer primary.