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DAVID MARCUS: In deep blue Minnesota a red dawn may be rising ahead of the midterms

As we approach October, and the beating heart of the midterms, the Gopher state appears suddenly and stunningly in play

By David Marcus Fox News

Published September 22, 2026 3:51pm EDT

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Six months ago, very few people imagined that this year’s senate and governor races in Minnesota would be anything but Democratic Party blowouts, but as we approach October, and the beating heart of the midterms, the Gopher state appears suddenly and stunningly in play.

Recent polling, as shoddy as this cycle’s surveys have been, show GOP senate candidate Michele Tafoya within 2 or 3 points of her opponent, sitting Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, and while the chaos surrounding the death of Alex Pretti at the hands of CBP is in the rearview mirror, the massive Somali fraud scandal decidedly is not.

On Sunday, I headed over to Cowboys Saloon in Lexington, Minn., just north of the Twin Cities, to attend a Vikings game watch party for local Republican volunteers, where I found Lisa Demuth, Speaker of the Minnesota House and candidate for governor, rallying the troops ahead of some door knocking and leafleting.

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