Days Until the Election: 53
DFL Action Center
50 Days OUT – Let’s get to work!
If you’d like to help the DFL Party fight for criminal justice reform, better schools, wages, our environment, and health care, click here to get more involved there are events happening in your area!
DFL Headquarters Office Hours
Looking to buy yard signs or Biden-Harris merchandise? Stop by the DFL Headquarters on 255 East Plato Blvd in St Paul, we are now open to the public from 12:00-5:00 PM Monday-Friday. Click here to see our new shirts, signs, and stickers!
DFL Pop Up Shop
The DFL Party is traveling across Minnesota to distribute yard signs, buttons, t-shirts, and other campaign merchandise! For more information on when we will be in your city, follow this link!
Agriculture News
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Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Biden gains edge in Arizona over Trump and has big lead in Minnesota — Battleground Tracker poll, CBS
Biden Creates Legal War Room, Preparing for a Big Fight Over Voting, New York Times
Environment
Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf, BBC
How climate change is fueling record-breaking California wildfires, heat and smog, Los Angeles Times
Governor Tim Walz
Gov. Walz, MN pointman on COVID, looks back, Pioneer Press
Healthcare
How Flu Shots Can Help in the Fight Against Covid-19, New York Times
Labor
Unions call out Vikings owners for Eagan apartment contractors,City Pages
Minnesota Legislature
Errant email tips off GOP messaging strategy, MPR
What we learned from the Minnesota Legislature’s latest special session, MinnPost
Battle for Minnesota Senate could shift balance of power at the state Legislature, Star Tribune
Minnesota News
The five political states of Minnesota, Washington Post
COVID-19 pandemic drives Minnesota racial health disparities, Star Tribune
Visits, voting punctuate big political week in Minnesota, MPR
The cost of worshiping at one Minnesota mosque? A firebombing, a Confederate flag, an assault, and a blogger who films Muslim children, Sahan Journal
Representative Collin Peterson (CD7)
Peterson Wants Confirmation That EPA Will Reject SREs, NAFB News
Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5)
Rep. Ilhan Omar: ‘The majority of people in Minneapolis don’t trust the police’, MSNBC
Republican Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence
Trump holds indoor campaign rally near Las Vegas, CBS
Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin’s ‘Useful Idiot’, The Atlantic
Trump boasts about getting ‘Bay of Pigs award’ – which doesn’t exist, The Guardian
Republicans
Trump’s historic unpopularity may not be a deal breaker in 2020, CNN
The ways Democrats could retake the Senate majority, explained, Vox
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Sen. Amy Klobuchar: ‘People are dying because of Donald Trump’s incompetence’, MSNBC
Senator Tina Smith
Why an endangered Republican Senate majority is targeting Minnesota in 2020, Vox
Minnesota’s Infrastructure Union Endorses Tina Smith, Bipartisan Slate of Congressional Candidates, Red Lake Nation News
U.S. News
Mexican farmers occupy dam to stop water payments to the United States, Washington Post
Mail-Sorting Machines Are Crucial for the U.S. Postal Service, Scientific American
‘Reckless and selfish’: Nevada Gov. Sisolak slams Trump for holding big indoor rally, violating state rules, NBC
Sheriff: Deputy on video punching Black man in Georgia fired, Associated Press
Thousands of firefighters continue to battle California wildfires that have killed 24 people in less than a month, CNN
World News
Fifth ex-PM speaks out against post-Brexit bill, BBC
Lukashenko seeks Putin’s help in attempt to survive mass protests, Al-Jazeera
As some small gulf states normalize relations with Israel, Palestinians see fraying support, Los Angeles Times
Thousands made homeless by refugee camp fires to be housed within days, Greece says, NBC News
Nepal landslide killed at least 11 people, 20 others remain missing, CNN
Upcoming DFL Events
With COVID-19, we suggest you check with the hosting organization to see if meetings, etc. are being held.
- September 14
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- September 16, 7:00 to 8:30 PM — No CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting this month
- September 18 through 20 — Rosh Hashana
- September 18 through November 2 — General Election Early Voting
- September 21 — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for specifics
- September 22 — Fall Equinox
- September 27 to 28 — Yom Kippur
- September 29, 8:00 to 9:30 PM — Presidential Debate, Case Western Reserve University, more information and it becomes available.
- October 1, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 7
- 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 8
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 10, 1:30 to 3:00 PM — SD40 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 12
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for specifics.
- October 19, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for more information.
- October 21, 7:00 to 900 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, no meeting this month, please focus on supporting campaigns in your district.
- October 22 — Presidential Debate, more information as it becomes available