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@WSJ national political reporter. Former Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, Des Moines Register, Rochester Post-Bulletin. Eagle Scout. MN native.

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Joined February 2009
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"I'm not interested in moving Minnesota to the left or the right," @amyklobuchar says in new TV ad. Spot first aired at 22:45 local Monday on WCCO (CBS).
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In Minnesota governor's race, @amyklobuchar and @MinnesotaDFL are not taking anything for granted. Tough new TV ad this AM against her opponent, @LisaDemuthMN . Spot first aired at 06:28 local on KARE (NBC) in Twin Cities.
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America’s Mayor, @RahmEmanuel , is really logging the midterm miles. In Vegas today after Michigan yesterday.
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The highly controversial 60-second ad @VivekGRamaswamy campaign has had online this week, now moving into broadcast and cable, is running broadly in Ohio. Seeing it in Columbus, Cleveland, Cinci, Youngstown, Toledo, Lima, Dayton, Zanesville and more markets. Also on cable.
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Not going to post the actual ad, but the campaign video from @VivekGRamaswamy campaign in OH that has generated so much coverage this week has shown up with actual ad dollars behind it. @AdImpact_Pol data shows it first aired at 05:41 local today on WCMH (NBC) in Columbus.
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In final Michigan Senate debate, the candidates faced off on healthcare, immigration, Trump and foreign policy. It got especially heated when one accused the other of supporting terrorist groups. w/ @byneilmehta : wsj.com/politics/elections/a…
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Flanagan’s official state biography was changed Wednesday to state that she “earned her bachelor’s degree in child psychology and a minor in American Indian studies.” The day before it said she “earned her bachelor’s degree in American Indian studies and child psychology.”
A day after Peggy Flanagan’s Senate campaign said she wasn’t a member of Phi Beta Kappa, her aides said Wednesday that the Democrat had been inducted into the national honor society. In an email, a representative of Phi Beta Kappa said the same. wsj.com/politics/policy/minn…
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A day after Peggy Flanagan’s Senate campaign said she wasn’t a member of Phi Beta Kappa, her aides said Wednesday that the Democrat had been inducted into the national honor society. In an email, a representative of Phi Beta Kappa said the same. wsj.com/politics/policy/minn…
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An emphasis on her Native American ties has been central to Flanagan’s political brand ever since she first ran for public office two years after graduating from college when she sold herself in 2004 as potentially the first Native American member of the Minneapolis School Board.
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Flanagan’s campaign also acknowledged she didn’t complete a double major at the school, as is implied in an official state biography that states she “earned her bachelor’s degree in American Indian studies and child psychology.”
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Lawyers for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) sent a letter to federal prosecutors late Friday challenging the legality of a search of her home earlier this week and asking for the immediate return of all property seized. w / @sgurman wsj.com/us-news/law/in-new-l…
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An actual food fight featuring her sons in latest @hinsonashley TV ad. Spot first aired at 05:27 local on KWQC (NBC).
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New: The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe wsj.com/politics/policy/ilha… via @McCormickJohn @MHackman @sgurman
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Items taken from Omar's home included her cellphone, notebooks, personal computers and her passport, sources tell the WSJ. Only she and her husband were home at the time of the search. w/ @MHackman @sgurman wsj.com/politics/policy/ilha…
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