Minnesota’s U.S. Senate primary will test both the mood of the state’s Democratic Party after a year marked by President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown in the state, and whether voters want a progressive or moderate to face a Republican in November.

Alani Bankhead said Monday she will not exit the race ahead of Monday’s deadline, likely boosting the GOP’s chances of winning in the fall.

Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats blocked Jon Husted's voter ID bill despite Schumer's past claims that Democrats support voter identification.

The Senate primary race in Minnesota will be the latest test of left-wing energy in the party, in a state that was convulsed by the Trump administration’s deadly immigration crackdown this winter.

Democrats are hoping to move past Graham Platner's scandal-plagued campaign as they look to unseat Susan Collins. In Jackson, they chose a nominee with a similar economic populist message as Platner.

Troy Jackson stood alongside a small group of loggers deep in the northern Maine woods and stared down State Police troopers who threatened to arrest them. The lumberjacks had used their trucks to block access to the Quebec border in protest of Canadian loggers who were stealing their jobs by working for less.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - AUGUST 05: Michigan Democratic Senate primary winner Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a press conference in front of the Spirit of Detroit statue on August 05, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Sayed called on Michiganders to unite against Mike ...

Montana Democratic Senate candidate Alani Bankhead will not withdraw her name from the November ballot after state and national Democrats had pushed her to quit the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Steve Daines in favor of independent candidate ...

Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee blocked the passage of a new Farm Bill over SNAP concerns. Turek says he would have voted for it.