Daily Digest for October 22, 2020 Posted at 7:45 a.m. by Michael Olson |
Good morning, President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden will share a stage tonight for the last time before the 2020 election wraps up on November 3.
MPR News will carry the debate live and will fact check the candidates at 8 p.m. tonight.
NPR's Domenico Montanaro has 5 key questions ahead of the debate.
What question do you have for Minnesota candidates running for the U.S. House in the 7th or 8th district? MPR News politics editor Mike Mulcahy will host debates for both races on Friday at 11 a.m. Send your questions now.
MN Senate: A new poll from KSTP and Survey USA finds the Senate race in Minnesota tightening. Previous polls showed incumbent Sen. Tine Smith with a comfortable lead over her challenger Jason Lewis. KSTP is calling the race a "dead heat." Numbers like these are making some Democrats anxious, the Biden campaign is fine with that.
President Barak Obama hit the trail for his former veep. Obama entreated Philadelphians to make a voting plan and cast their ballots early for Democratic nominee Joe Biden during his first in-person campaign event of the contest in a state that may be crucial to a Biden victory. "Philadelphia, we got 13 days — 13 days until the most important election of our lifetimes," Obama said Wednesday evening during a drive-in car rally outside of Citizens Bank Park, home to the Philadelphia Phillies. "And you don't have to wait for Nov. 3 to cast your ballot," citing early voting and voting by mail. "What we do these next 13 days will matter for decades to come," he underscored.
Voter intimidation Iran and Russian operatives are getting blamed for sending intimidating emails to voters in the U.S.
Find guides to absentee voting, candidates and more Election 2020 coverage here.
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