The Daily Digest: State Fair edition
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Minnesota:
State Fair campaigning got off to a strong start yesterday.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson wants 13 debates with Gov. Mark Dayton. Dayton is sticking with six debates. (MPR News)
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Republican endorsed Minnesota Supreme Court candidate Michelle MacDonald is seeing support for her candidacy erode. (MPR News)
MPR News politics editor Mike Mulcahy interviewed Sen. Amy Klobuchar. (MPR News)
Here's a video of Dayton taking the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Billy Czerwinski isn't old enough to vote. But that didn't stop him from creating his own super PAC. (MPR News)
Washington:
A top U.S. military official says stopping the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria would require attacking Syria. (The New York Times)
Ferguson, Missouri, is calmer after a visit from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. (The Hill)
The Government Accountability Office says the United States violated law when it swapped Taliban leaders for an American prisoner of war. (AP via Star Tribune)