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Brett Neely

The Daily Digest: Biden and Clinton on the trail

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In Minnesota

Former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton will be in the state today to rally Democrats at Macalester College and to raise money for Gov. Mark Dayton.

She's not the only bigwig on the trail in Minnesota today: Vice President Joe Biden will campaign for DFL Rep. Rick Nolan in Hibbing after an event in Duluth.

Sen. Al Franken and Dayton are the target of the Republican Party of Minnesota’s first ad campaign of the election year. (MPR News)

Dayton has been campaigning this week for Legislative candidates, a sign that he is comfortable enough about his own re-election prospects to begin to help Democrats keep control of the Minnesota House. (MPR News)

With less than two weeks until Election Day, Franken appears to be maintaining his hefty financial edge over Republican candidate Mike McFadden. (MPR News)

A federal judge has dealt another loss to opponents of a Minnesota unionization drive by refusing to halt the launch of a home-care union while a lawsuit proceeds. (AP via Pioneer Press)

In their first debate before the Nov. 4 election, 7th District DFL Rep. Collin Peterson and his Republican challenger, state Sen. Torrey Westrom, repeatedly clashed over health care. (MPR News)

The PoliGraph examines the claims made in an ad against 8th District DFL Rep. Rick Nolan by a Republican group led by former Sen. Norm Coleman. (MPR News)

Democratic ads against Nolan's opponent, Republican Stewart Mills, have focused on Mills' wealth. Will those ads backfire and push voters to back Mills? (MPR News)

State Sen. Jeff Hayden told an ethics hearing that the complaints filed against him are unfounded and offensive. (MPR News)

National Politics

Will independent senators who aren't members of either party become a power bloc in the Senate next year? (Politico)

There's been another White House fence jumper. (Washington Post)

The net worth of all current members of Congress rose $150 million last year. (Roll Call)

A look at the best and worst TV ads of the campaign cycle so far. (NPR)