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>> CATHY: THE ELECTION IS JUST TEN DAYS OUT.

AND FOR THE NEXT HOUR, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON NOVEMBER 6TH.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A PRIMER ON EARLY VOTING.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT REGIONAL RACES AND THEIR EFFECT ON CONGRESS.

A TRIO OF POLITICAL REPORTERS WILL JOIN US TO LOOK AT THE BATTLE FOR THE STATE HOUSE.

THEN MARY LAHAMMER FINISHES HER STATEWIDE SEARCH OF THE MOST HOTLY CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL RACES.

>> Mary: WE'LL CONCLUDE OUR REPORTING ON COMPETITIVE CONGRESSIONAL RACES BY HEADING TO THE SUBURBAN THIRD DISTRICT WHERE THE INCUMBENT IS TRYING TO HONED D HOLD OFFEND HIS SEAT.

>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF MINNESOTA NICE.

>> I'M STILL HOPEFUL.

>> Mary: THAT'S COMING UP ON "ALMANAC."

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>> ERIC: WE'LL GET TO POLITICAL NEWS IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT HERE ARE SOME OTHER STORIES MAKING HEADLINES THIS WEEK.

>>> PIONEERING PACEMAKER DEVELOPER EARL BAKKEN DIED THIS WEEK IN HAWAII AT AGE 94.

BAKKEN FOUNDED MEDTRONIC COMPANY SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR II.

MEDTRONIC IS NOW THE WORLD'S LARGEST MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANY.

>>> THE MINNESOTA TWINS HAVE A NEW MANAGER, AND HE HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE TEAM.

ROCCO BALDELLI IS A FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYER WHO WAS A COACH FOR THE TAMPA BAY RAYS.

>>> HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS PROTESTED CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS ON THURSDAY AFTER A RECENT RACIST INCIDENT.

THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL CANCEL CLASSES NEXT WEDNESDAY AND HOLD A CAMPUS-WIDE MEETING WITH STUDENTS AND FACULTY.

BUT WE START THE HOUR BY TALKING ABOUT -- WHAT ELSE -- THE FALL ELECTION, WHICH IS JUST TEN DAYS AWAY.

WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD SERVICE TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT THE RULES IN MINNESOTA FOR ABSENTEE VOTING, EARLY VOTING IN PERSON, AND SAME-DAY VOTING AND REGISTRATION.

THINK OF THIS AS A CIVICS BOOSTER SHOT.

HERE WITH THE INFO, JOE MANSKY.

HE'S THE LONGTIME ELECTIONS MANAGER FOR RAMSEY COUNTY.

AND IS THIS THE FIRST EXPANSION OF THE EARLY VOTING?

>> NOT THE FIRST ONE, BUT I THINK THE FIRST TIME IN A YEAR WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S ON THE BALLOT WHERE PEOPLE REALLY KNOW WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE -- >> Eric: GIVE US THE -- >> LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF NUMBERS.

WE FIRST HAD THIS ENVIRONMENT IN 2014.

AND FOR US IN RAMSEY COUNTY, WE HAD NOT QUITE 20,000 BALLOTS CAST BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

FOR THE WHOLE PERIOD.

WE WENT OVER 22,000 TODAY.

AND OUR BIGGEST WEEK IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK AND THAT'S WHEN 60% OF OUR TOTAL PREELECTION BALLOTS ARE GOING TO BE CAST.

SO WE THINK THIS YEAR WE'LL PROBABLY GO OVER 50,000 BALLOTS AND VOTES CASK EVEN BEFORE ELECTION DAY STARTS.

>> Cathy: ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING?

>> SO LET ME JUST INDOCTRINATE YOU INTO MY TERMOLOGY.

VOTING BY MAIL, VOTING BY IN PERSON ABSENTEE BALLOT, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN STARTING TUESDAY, WHEN WE GET TO THE BRING THE BALLOT COUNTERS OUT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD CALL EARLY VOTING.

YOU GET TO COME INTO OUR OFFICE, OR IN RAMSEY COUNTY, WE HAVE 11 REMOTE LOCATIONS WHERE ANY VOTER IN THE COUNTY CAN GO INTO ANY OF THEM, AND YOU GET TO PUT YOUR BALLOT DIRECTLY INTO THE BALLOT COUNTER AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO.

>> Eric: CAN YOU RESCIND YOUR BALLOT IF LATE BREAKING NEWS SAYS I WANT TO CHANGE.

>> YOU CAN RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S GOING TO END AT 4:30 ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU AT 4:31, WE'RE GOING TO START OPENING UP ENVELOPES BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE SO MANY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WAIT.

SO IF YOU DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR, WHETHER IT'S HERE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE, MAKE SURE YOU GET TO YOUR COUNTY OR CITY ELECTION OFFICE NO LATER THAN 4:30 ON TUESDAY.

>> Cathy: THESE ARE BIG NUMBERS WE'RE SEEING WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNING UP, FIRST TIME VOTERS, IT LOOKS LIKE.

WHO'S DOING SOME OF THIS REALLY EARLY VOTING AND SIGNING UP FOR REGISTRATION?

>> YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, OUR VOTING IS COMING PRETTY MUCH FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

IT'S PROBABLY CONCENTRATED MORE IN OUR HIGH TURNOUT AREAS, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT REALLY SURPRISE ANYBODY.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING FROM THE STATE PRIMARY THAT WE ARE -- OUR INTERESTED TO SEE IF IT WILL CARRY OVER TO THE GENERAL ELECTION.

RAMSEY COUNTY IS TYPICALLY A LOW TURNOUT JURISDICTION BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.

WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ST. PAUL IS A BIG COLLEGE TOWN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MOVE AROUND A LOT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LOWER INCOME PEOPLE.

BUT OUR TURNOUT IN BOTH ST. PAUL AND IN RAMSEY COUNTY WAS HIGHER THAN THE STATE TURNOUT IN THE PRIMARY.

I'M TELLING YOU THAT NEVER HAPPENS.

IT NEVER HAPPENS.

BUT IT DID HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

AND WE APPARENTLY HAD THE HIGHEST TURNOUT PRECINCT IN THE EENTIRE STATE.

IT'S THE PRECINCT WHERE HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH IS LOCATETH.

AND SO THE -- THERE CERTAINLY IS SOME INDICATION, CATHY, THAT SOMETHING IS AFOOT HERE.

AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE VOTING THAN NORMALLY WOULD VOTE IN AN ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR.

>> Eric: TWO QUESTIONS.

WE ARE ONE OF 21 STATES WHERE THE RUSSIANS GAVE IT A TRY LAST ELECTION.

ARE THEY COME COMING BACK?

>> I'M SURE THEY ARE.

WE GOT A NOTICE AGAIN LAST FRIDAY NFROM THE FBI, BUT WE'RE BETTER PREPARED THIS YEAR.

OUR VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM WHICH IS NETWORKED NOW HAS TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION.

THAT MAKES IT HARDER FOR ANY REMOTE HACKING.

WE'RE OKAY THERE.

I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

>> Cathy: WHAT ABOUT THE DATABASES?

>> AGAIN, THAT'S A PART OF THE NETWORK.

AND THERE IS -- HAS BEEN WORK GOING ON TO SECURE ALL OF DATA, NOT JUST THE VOTER DATA, BUT THE NAMES OF THE VOTERS AS WELL.

>> Eric: YOU ARE A PERMANENT PART OF U.S. HISTORY WITH MANSKY VERSUS EVERYBODY ELSE ON WHAT TO WEAR AT THE POLLING PLACE.

>> WELL, WHAT YOU CAN WEAR IS SOMETHING THAT IS JUST GENERALLY POLITICAL, SO IF YOU WANT TO WEAR SOMETHING THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, "BLACK LIVES MATTER" OR ME TOO, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE NONE OF THAT IS ON THE BALLOT.

BUT YOU CAN'T WEAR SOMETHING THAT SAYS D.F.L.

OR REPUBLICAN, AND YOU CAN'T WEAR THE NAME OF A CANDIDATE WHO'S ON THE BALLOT.

OR A POSITION FOR OR AGAINST ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON THE BALLOT.

IF YOU DO, WE'LL ASK YOU TO EITHER COVER THEM UP OR TAKE THEM OFF.

>> Eric: CAN'T CAMPAIGN WITHIN 100 FEET OF THE POLLING PIECE.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> Eric: GREAT STUFF.

ALL THE BEST.

>> THANKS, GUYS.

♪♪ [ SOMBER MUSIC ] ♪♪ >> CATHY: WE CONTINUE THE ELECTIONS THEME BUT MOVE ON FROM A NON-PARTISAN PERSPECTIVE TO A HIGHLY PARTISAN VANTAGE POINT AS WE'RE JOINED BY THE CHAIRS OF MINNESOTA'S TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES.

JENNIFER CARNAHAN HEADS THE MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY.

KEN MARTIN IS THE CHAIR OF THE STATE D.F.L.

GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

WELL, CHAIR MARTIN, I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU.

THIS WEEK, YOU SAID THAT IN REFERENCE TO KEITH ELLISON'S FORMER GIRLFRIEND MAKING THE ACCUSATIONS OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT AGAINST THE CONGRESSMAN, AND OF COURSE HE'S NOW RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, YOU TOOK THOSE ACCUSATIONS SERIOUSLY, THE OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE CLAIMS WERE NOT SUBSTANTIATED.

I DO NOT BELIEVE HER IS WHAT YOU SAID.

I WANT TO KNOW, WHEN DO YOU BELIEVE ACCUSERS AND WHEN DO YOU NOT?

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALWAYS TRY TO CHANGE CULTURE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO BRING THOSE ALLEGATIONS FORWARD, WHICH IS WHY I DECIDED TO DO THE INVESTIGATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WE WERE UNDER NO LEGAL OR POLITICAL OBLIGATION TO DO AN INVESTIGATION, BUT IDENTIFYING IT'SER IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY CHANGE CULTURE BY ACTUALLY SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO BRING THOSE ALLEGATIONS FORWARD AND NOT JUST BRUSH THEM UNDER THE RUG AS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.

WE NEED TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY.

WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE THEM.

AND THEN WE NEED TO HONOR WHAT THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED, AND IN THIS CASE, OUR INVESTIGATION DONE COMPLETELY BY AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATOR WITH NO CONNECTION TO THE D.F.L.

SHOWED THAT SHE COULD NOT SUBSTANTIATE THOSE CLAIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST KEITH ELLISON.

AND SO I STILL STAND WITH THE INVESTIGATION WE DID.

AND I SUPPORT OUR INVESTIGATION.

>> Eric: MADAM CHAIR, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS EPISODE.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU SAY AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION, BUT INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOW ALWAYS INDEPENDENT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE THAT HIRED THEM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THIS STORY THAN HAS COME OUT, BUT REALLY IN OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THE ELLISON CAMPAIGN IS IMPLODING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR CANDIDATE, DOUG WARDLOW.

AND SO WE THINK THAT THE VOTERS ARE GOING TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND AS I'VE TALKED AROUND WITH MY FRIENDS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MADE THEIR DECISION AND THEIR SUPPORT WILL NOT GO TO CONGRESSMAN ELLISON.

>> Cathy: DO YOU SUSPECT THAT KEITH ELLISON ABOUT WILL BE WITH OTHER DFL CANDIDATES IN A SHOW OF DFL SUPPORT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE SUPPORT KEITH ELLISON.

HE'S OUR CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HE'S RUNNING A GREAT CAMPAIGN, AND ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING WITH HIM ALREADY.

HE'S -- HE'S OUR CANDIDATE AND I EXPECT ON NOVEMBER 6TH HE'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> Eric: WHAT DO YOU TWO WANT TO SAY ABOUT CIVILITY IN POLITICS?

YOU HAD A COUPLE OF STATE REP CANDIDATES ASSAULTED, I GUESS YOU WANT TO SAY.

THE BOMBING PACKAGES ALL OVER THE EAST COAST.

AND CONGRESSMAN SCALISE WAS SHOT AT A SOFTBALL GAME.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> IT'S DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING THAT CIVILITY IS LEAVING POLITICS ON MULTIPLE LEVELS WHETHER IT'S IN THE STATE, ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, AND THAT'S VERY DISCOURAGING FOR OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER AT THE END OF DAY, WE'RE ALL HUMANS.

WE ARE ALL PEOPLE.

WE ALL JUST WANT TO HAVE A HAPPY LIFE.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES IN THE BEST WAY AS POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER AND IT'S DISCOURAGING TO SEE IT.

I DON'T EVEN WAY TV ANYMORE BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO SEE ALL THE NEGATIVE ADS?

>> WE TRY TO MODEL OUR BEHAVIOR, BOTH JENNIFER AND I, WE DO A LOT OF PANELTOGETHER, AND I THINK WE BOTH HAVE A CERTAIN RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER, AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE DISAGREEABLE.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IN POLITICS.

IS BOTH PARTIES NEED TO DONE DOWN THE RHETORIC.

WE CAN HAVE DISAGREEMENTS OWE POLICY AND SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES WITHOUT CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES, POINTING FINGERS.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR POLITICAL LEADERS IN BOTH PARTIES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES TO FOLLOW SUIT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T REPRESENT THE BEST OF WHAT AMERICA STANDS FOR.

I THINK IT REPRESENTS THE WORST, AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO CIVILITY.

>> Cathy: DO YOU GET PUSH BACK FROM ANY OF YOUR ACT ADVISES?

>> PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS ON HOW THINGS SHOULD BE HANDLED.

WHEN I CAME INTO THIS ROLE AS CHAIR, I HAD ALWAYS SAID I WANT TO BE POSITIVE, I WANT TO BE OPTIMISTIC, I WANT TO TRY TO CENTURY CHANGE WITHIN OUR PARTY AND WITHIN THE STATE TO OPEN UP OUR DOORS TO MORE PEOPLE AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO BE NEGATIVE AND WHEN YOU SEE ALL THIS NEGATIVITY, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES AND WE ALL LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES, SO WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT.

>> Eric: DEMOCRATS OFTEN ACCUSE REPUBLICANS OF BEING THE BIG MONEY PARTY.

I DID MY USUAL MINIMAL RESEARCH THIS AFTERNOON, AND WITH DEAN PHILLIPS LOANING HIS CAMPAIGN 1.3 MILLION, TOM EMMER IS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN WITH MORE CASH ON HAND THAN THE DEMOCRAT, THAN ANY OF THE OTHER RACES.

EVERYWHERE ELSE, THE DEMOCRAT HAS MORE CASH ON HAND.

WHERE IS ALL THIS DOUGH COMING FROM?

>> WELL, LOOK, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE FACT THAT OUR CANDIDATES' MESSAGES ARE RESONATING, NOT JUST WITH VOTERS BUT ALSO WITH DONORS.

I THINK MONEY OFTEN AND INVESTMENTS IN CANDIDATES AND CAMPAIGNS OFTENTIMES IS A REFLECTION OF PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW STRONGLY THEY SUPPORT A CANDIDATE.

AND I'M PLEASED THAT ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES ARE IN A POSITION IN THESE FINAL WEEKS, FINAL 11 DAYS LEFT TO ACTUALLY GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT AND COMPETE.

>> I MEAN, MONEY IS IMPORTANT IN THE CAMPAIGN PROCESS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BUILD UP YOUR NAME AWARENESS AND GET -- MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW YOU.

BUT I THINK WHAT WE SAW IN THE 2016 ELECTION AND I THINK WE'LL SEE IT THIS YEAR AS WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SEVERELY OUTSPENT BY HILLARY CLINTON, AND IT'S WHO COULD CONNECT ON A MORE EMOTIONAL LEVEL WITH VOTERS, AND APPEAL THAT THEIR IDEAS AND VALUES WOULD BE THE IDEAS AND VALUES THAT WOULD RESONATE WITH PEOPLE THAT WILL GO TO THE POLLS.

>> Eric: DO WE SEE THIS AS A REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, NATIONALIZED ELECTION EVEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL?

>> I THINK IN SOME WAYS IT WILL BE OF COURSE, BUT THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT EACH PARTY'S COMPETING VISION FOR HOW WE MOVE MINNESOTA FORWARD.

WE'VE GOT GREAT CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, FOR U.S. SENATE, WE HAVE MORE ON THE BALLOT THAN WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.

IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE IN THIS STATE.

AND CERTAINLY VOTERS HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD HERE OVER THE NEXT 11 DAYS.

>> Cathy: GOT THE VOTE EFFORTS.

>> YEAH, SO WE ARE TRANSFORMING WHAT WE DO IN MINNESOTA ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, AND WE REALLY BELIEVE GET OUT THE VOTE IS ALL AROUND THAT DIRECT VOTER CONTACT, KNOCKING ON PEOPLE'S DOORS, CALLING THEM ON THE PHONES, TALKING TO THEM IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND WE HAVE CANVASSED THE STATE LIKE WE NEVER HAVE BEFORE AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR EFFORTS AND WE THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENCE MAKER THE GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORT WILL DELIVER THREE TO FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS, AND IN MANY RACES, THAT WILL MEAN THE DIFFERENCE.

>> THE PERSUADING YOU'RE DOING NOW IS -- >> WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A RECORD TURNOUT.

THE EARLY VOTE NUMBERS HAVE ECLIPSED THE EARLY VOTE NUMBERS FROM 2016.

WE'RE RUNNING AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TURNOUT MODELS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE OVER 45 ACTION CENTERS AROUND THE STATE.

WE HAVE CONTACTED MORE VOTERS AT THIS POINT THAN ANY MIDTERM IN THE D.F.L.

HISTORY AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE PHONES AND AT THE DOORS.

WE HAVE A GET OUT OF MACHINE LIKE WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.

ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND EVERFERTILIZER ON, IS IN THE PAST, THE REPUBLICANS IN THIS STATE INVESTED VERY LITTLE IN THE GROUND GAME, AND THANKS TO JENNIFER'S LEADERSHIP, THEY'RE DOING THAT THIS YEAR, BOTH JENNIFER AND I AGREE ON ONE THING FOR SURE THAT THE BEST FORM OF CAMPAIGNING IS FACE TO FACE, VOTER TO VOTER, AND THAT'S WHAT BOTH PARTIES ARE DOING.

>> Cathy: COMMENT THERE?

>> YOU CAN CHANGE A VOTE.

YOU CAN CHANGE THE HEARTS AND MINDS AT THE DOOR.

IT'S HARDER TO DO BY WATCHING A TV AD OR SENDING A DIRECT MAILER.

>> Eric: WE'RE STOPPING IT RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A NICE BIPARTISAN MOMENT.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE STATE.

GOOD LUCK DOWN THE TRAIL.

>> Cathy: GOOD LUCK.

>> CATHY: MARY LAHAMMER HAS SPENT THE FALL TRAVELING THE STATE LOOKING AT THE FOUR MOST HOTLY CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL RACES.

HER TOUR ENDS THIS WEEK WITH AN EXAMINATION OF THE TWO CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT IN MINNESOTA'S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH BLANKETS THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES.

IT'S WHERE DEMOCRAT DEAN PHILLIPS IS CHALLENGING THE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT ERIK PAULSEN.

>> ALL THAT RAIN WE HAD -- >> Mary: WEATHER CONDITIONS MATTER WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING TO SAVE YOUR SEAT IN CONGRESS.

>> ERIK.

>> Mary: REPUBLICAN ERIK PAULSEN ISN'T WASTING ANY TIME OR OPPORTUNITIES, MEETING SENIORS WHO ARE A VERY RELIABLE VOTING BLOC.

>> THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ISSUES.

THEY'RE TUNED INTO THE ELECTION AND THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE TO BE IN FRONT OF OBVIOUSLY AS VOTERS.

>> Mary: BEFORE THE SUN IS UP, DEAN PHILLIPS VINTAGE GOVERNMENT REPAIR TRUCK CREEKS INTO A HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT.

>> WE THINK RUNNING FOR CONGRESS SHOULD BE ABOUT RADICAL HOSPITAL TEAM.

>> KNOWN FOR SELLING COFFEE AND CONVERSATIONS IS REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS, SOME WHO ARE JUST OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE.

>> THANKS FOR POPPING BY.

GLAD YOU'RE A VOTER.

>> Mary: IT'S FIP YIL'S TEENAGE DAUGHTER'S REACTION TO THE 2016 ELECTION THAT MADE HIM RUN.

>> I WATCHED THEIR TEARS AFTER THE OUTCOME OF THAT ELECTION, AND I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, I PROMISED I WOULD DO SOMETHING.

>> Mary: THE INCUMBENT, PAULSEN, DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS MORE OF A WORK HORSE THAN A SHOW HORSE.

>> WASHINGTON NEEDS MORE WORKS AND NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE SOMEONE.

AND MY STYLE OF LEADERSHIP IS GET THINGS DONE, WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF MINNESOTA NICE THAT COULD ACTUALLY HELP IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW.

>> Mary: THE CHALLENGER, PHILLIPS IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER A LONG BUSINESS CAREER.

>> IT IS DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, AND REPUBLICANS COMING TOGETHER WHICH IS NOT OFTEN SAID IN THE SAME SENTENCE IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

AND THAT IS A HALL MARK OF THIS CAMPAIGN.

>> Mary: THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAS BEEN POLITE KEASM COMPETITIVE.

PRESIDENT BUSH WON HERE TWIN CITIES FOLLOWED BY TWO VICTORIES FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT MOST RECENTLY HILLARY CLINTON BESTED PRESIDENT TRUMP BY ABOUT 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

>> WE CAME THIS CLOSE TO WINNING THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>> Mary: EVEN THOUGH PAULSEN DOESN'T APPEAR WITH THE PRESIDENT ON CAMPAIGN STOPS, TRUMP SURPRISED HIM BY TWEETING AN ENDORSEMENT.

>> TRUMP IS TRUMP.

HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.

>> Mary: DOES IT HELP YOU?

DOES IT HURT YOU?

>> I WISH HE WOULD ENDORSED MY POSITIONS ON NUMEROUS ISSUES IN MINNESOTA AS OPPOSED TO JUST ENDORSING MY CAMPAIGN.

>> Mary: IN AN EDUCATED, ENGAGED, AFFLUENT DISTRICT, ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT.

>> IF YOU'RE ELECTED, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO -- >> ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF UNIFIED HEALTHCARE FOR ALL?

>> HOW DO YOU KEEP VOTERS INVOLVED IN THE YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC?

>> SOMETHING'S CHANGED AND FOR THE BETTER, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON I'M SO HOPEFUL.

NOW YOUNG PEOPLE DO RECOGNIZE HE ME AND THEY ASK QUESTIONS.

IT'S NOT JUST HIGH FIVES AND HAVE A DOUGHNUT AND A CUP OF HOT COCO.

THEY CHALLENGE HE.

>> WHY DO -- >> I'M RUNNING A POSITIVE RUN RIGHT NOW.

>> Mary: THE NEGATIVE ADS ARE DEFINITELY ON THE MINDS OF VOTERS.

>> NOW HE'S LYING TO COVER IT ALL UP.

THAT'S DISHONEST DEAN FILLISM YIPS.

>> A LITTLE BIT OF DYSFUNCTION IN DPOFTD, ALL THE NOISE, THE YELLING, THE FIGHTS, AND THAT'S WHERE MY BRAND EXCELS AND RISES TO THE TOP.

>> I THOUGHT I WAS GOOD AT HIDING.

HUH.

WHEN ERIK PULL SEASON COMES ALONG.

AWESOME.

>> THEM, THANKS FOR SAYING THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT FUN.

>> Mary: FILL APES' ADOPTED GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT AUNT ARE DEAR ABBEY AND ANN LANDERS, SO HE'S NOT IS A TBRAID TO USE MEDIA IN INTERESTING WAYS.

>> SO TAKE IT FROM ME, BIGFOOT.

ERIK PAULSEN REALLY EXISTS.

>> I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

BUT I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT.

BUT THE PREMISE IS ENTIRELY FALSE BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH A GOOD RECORD OF BEING ACCESSIBLE, AND I AM PROBABLY THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE DELEGATION THAT ACTUALLY DOES OPEN HOURS.

>> IF I DON'T ACCOMPLISH TWO THINGS WHICH IS TO BRING SOME HUMOR, BUT ALSO POINT OUT TRUTH, CONGRESSMAN PAULSEN HAS HAD FEWER PUBLIC EVENT IS AS IN SEVEN YEARS THAN I'VE HAD IN A WEEK.

♪♪ >> ERIC: WE'LL KEEP THE POLITICAL THEME GOING BY SPENDING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES LOOKING AT THE RACE FOR CONTROL OF CONGRESS AND THE ROLE THAT THE UPPER MIDWEST MAY PLAY.

TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO PICK THE BRAIN OF STEVEN SCHIER, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT CARLETON COLLEGE.

AND WE'LL BE CAREFUL.

YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE CROSS TABS AND YOU'VE BEEN EXAMINING THE POLLS JUST BEYOND THE TOP NUMBERS, AND YOU FOUND SOMETHING OUT ABOUT EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE VOTER?

>> EDUCATION'S THE GREAT DIVIDE IN THIS STATE AND IT'S LARGELY UNREMARKED.

IF YOU LOOK AT TRUMP'S PERFORMANCE IN THE 2016 ELECTION, IN THIS STATE, HE GOT 39% OF THE VOTE OF THOSE WHO HAD BACHELOR'S DEGREES OR ABOVE.

AND A 55% OF THOSE WHO HAD LESS THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

AND IF YOU GO THROUGH ALL THIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, YOU SEE A BIG DIVIDE EDUCATIONALLY.

GREATER MINNESOTA DISTRICTS ARES OF COLLEGE EDUCATED.

OVERALL THE STATE HAS ABOUT 35% COLLEGE EDUCATED.

MOST OF THE RURAL DISTRICTS, IT'S UNDER 30.

THE METRO, THEY'RE USUALLY OVER 40.

AND THOSE ARE WHERE THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING WELL.

REPUBLICANS ARE DOING WELL OUTSTATE.

>> Cathy: INTERESTING.

WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE MINNESOTA POLL FROM MPR NEWS AND THE SPRIB AND THE OTHER POLLS?

>> I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALL OF THEM AND DAVE SCHULTZ HAS A GOOD POST ON HIS BLOG ABOUT THIS.

ALL OF THESE SURVEYS SEEM TO BE OVERSAMPLING THE METRO AREA.

USUALLY, AND GRETA CALL OF MINNESOTA POST HAS DONE A GOOD ANALYSIS OF THIS.

54 TO 56% OF STATEWIDE, METRO, BUT IN ALL THESE SURVEYS, IT'S 61 TO 63% METRO.

NOW, MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HISTORIC TURNOUT IN THE METRO.

MAYBE IT'S A BLIEWIVE WAVE IN THE METRO.

BUT IT WOULD BE HISTORICALLY UNPRECEDENTED.

SO I THINK WE'RE NOT SERVING GREATER MINNESOTA VERY WELL AND THAT'S WHERE THE BIG SURPRISES MIGHT BE -- >> Cathy: WHY DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE?

>> YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO RESPOND NOW.

OFTEN A SURVEY OF 500 PEOPLE TAKES 25,000 CALLS.

THINK OF THAT.

>> Eric: AND NO PARTY -- AND NO PARTY I.D.

ON THE VOTER FILE.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> Eric: DIFFICULT TO GET THAT BALANCE RIGHT.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO OF THE RECENT KSTP POLLS IN THE SECOND AND FIRST DISTRICTS AND LOOK AT THE RURAL AREAS SAMPLED, THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING REALLY WELL IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THOSE DISTRICTS.

NOW, EITHER THAT HISTORICALLY UNPRECEDENTED AND BIG NEWS OR IT'S BAD POLLING.

>> Eric: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THE ELECTION IS ABOUT KAVANAUGH, CARAVAN, LAW AND ORDER AND COMMON SENSE, AND THE DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE BEATING PREEXISTING CONDITIONS -- >> THAT IS THE PHRASE I HAVE HEARD MORE THAN ANY OTHER ON THE AIR WAVES.

BUT I ALSO THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO WATCH FOR IN THIS STATE.

WE MATCH HAVE AN ELLISON EFFECT.

LOOK AT ALL THE ADS THAT ARE TYING ELLISON TO OTHER DEMOCRATS, TO TIM WALZ, TO ANGIE CRAIG AND DEAN PHILLIPS.

IS THERE SOME RESEARCH SOMEWHERE THAT'S INDICATING THAT ELLISON'S RELATIVELY WEAK PERFORMANCE IN THE POLLS MIGHT HAVE A CONTAGION EFFECT ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET?

CLEARLY THE G.O.P.

'S COUNTING ON THAT.

>> Cathy: I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES THAT YOU'RE SEEING, WHAT'S POPPING AT YOU?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING IN.

AND THE CLUTTER ON TELEVISION.

AND THE DIFFICULTY OF ANY MESSAGE BREAKING THROUGH IN THAT CLUTTER.

>> Eric: RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ADS AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE ELECTION DAY?

>> PEOPLE REMEMBER NEGATIVE INFORMATION MORE THAN POSITIVE INFORMATION.

>> Eric: STILL TODAY?

THAT WAS THE TRADITIONAL EXPLANATION OF WHY PEOPLE DO THAT.

>> RIGHT, IT'S STILL THE CASE, AND A LOT OF IT'S POLL DRIVEN.

YOU FIND OUT WHAT THE TOP ISSUES ARE, AND CREATE A MESSAGE THAT WILL MOVE THEM.

>> Cathy: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE INCREASE IN THE FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER OF VOTER REGISTRATIONS AND OF COURSE THESE EARLY VOTING NUMBERS?

WHO'S TURNING OUT?

DO WE KNOW?

>> THIS COULD BE AN HISTORICALLY HIGH TURNOUT.

NOW, USUALLY WE HAVE 75% TURNOUT IN A PRESIDENTIAL AND AROUND 50% IN AN OFF YEAR ELECTION.

IT COULD BE HIGHER THAN THAT.

OR IT COULD BE THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE FINDING IT CONVENIENT TO VOTE EARLY, AND THEREFORE THERE WILL BE A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL ELECTORATE ON ELECTION DAY.

>> Eric: AS YOU LOOK AT THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, CAN YOU SPECULATE IN AN INFORMED WAY ABOUT BLUE WAVE, RED WAVE, OR TYPICAL MIDTERM?

>> I CAN SPECULATE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN AN INFORMED WAY.

BUT IT -- IF YOU LOOK NATIONALLY, THE IDEA THERE'LL BE A BIG BLUE WAVE, SEEMS TO BE LESS EVIDENT IN THE POLLING THAT WE CAN SEE.

IT'S LIKELY THE U.S. HOUSE WILL BE NARROWLY CONTROLLED BY EITHER DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS, PROBABLY DEMOCRATS.

REPUBLICANS WILL PICK UP A FEW U.S. SENATE SEATS.

WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING UNDER THE RADAR, IN TERMS OF COVERAGE IS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

YOU HAVE A 20-SEAT G.O.P.

MAJORITY.

WILL THAT MAINTAIN ITSELF?

IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THE G.O.P.

WILL KEEP THAT MAJORITY, BUT WITH REDUCED NUMBERS.

BUT THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF VERY COMPETITIVE RACES.

TO FOR STATE HOUSE THAT ARE NOT GETTING A LOT OF MEDIA COVERAGE.

>> Eric: RISK OF JUMPING THE GUN, SENATOR KLOBUCHAR IS IN THE DES MOINES SUBURBS TOMORROW CAMPAIGNING FOR A STATE SENATE CANDIDATE.

COULD YOU LINK THOSE UP FOR US?

>> WELL, RUDY PERPICH DID IT.

HE WENT THROUGH IOWA MANY TIMES AND FLIRTED WITH THE IDEA.

WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, THERE MIGHT BE 20 CANDIDATES TOMORROW PRESIDENT ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE IN TO 120 AND IF THERE ARE 20, I THINK AMY KLOBUCHAR WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THOSE 20.

>> Eric: SHE'S LIKE NUMBER SIX ON CN N'S TEMPERATURE POLL NOW.

>> COULD BE.

>> Cathy: WE WISH YOU WELL ON ELECTION NIGHT.

WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE AT -- KSTP?

>> CHANNEL 5.

>> Eric: THANKS PROFESSOR.

>> THANK YOU.

♪♪ >> DAVID: WELL, HEY, MINNESOTA.

SO AS YOU KNOW, IT'S HAPPENING.

WE ARE ONCE AGAIN MAKING THAT "NOT ALWAYS GRACEFUL" TRANSITION FROM THE WARM MONTHS TO THE COLD MONTHS.

BUT NOT TO WORRY.

THERE IS AN UPSIDE.

A BIG ONE, SORT OF.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MONTH'S ILLUSTRATED ESSAY.

I ONCE READ THAT THANKS TOOT BACKDROP OF CHANGING SEASONS, THE PEOPLE IN NORTHERN CLIMATES ARE BETTER AT REMEMBERING WHEN THINGS HAPPEN.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN SAY STUFF LIKE, WELL, IT WAS FALL.

BECAUSE I WAS SHOVELING OUT FROM THAT EARLY SEASON BLIZZARD WHICH WAS RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN NOVEMBER TWO YEARS AGO.

WHEREAS PEOPLE IN MORE HUMANE LATITUDES HAVE NO LAUNCHING PAD FOR THIS CALCULUS.

ALL JUST A HOMOGENOUS BLOB.

I'VE ACTUALLY NOTICED A SIMILAR EFFECT WITH SPORTS FANS THANKS TO THOSE EXPLOSIONS THEY GET FROM WATCHING GREEN RECTANGLES, THEY CAN SOMEHOW BUILD A CHRONOLOGY AROUND PLAYOFF RECORDS, MANAGEMENT CHANGES AND COME BAKST.

WELL, THE TWINS WON THAT DOUBLEHEADER AT THE METRODOME RIGHT BEFORE THEY MOVED TO TARGET FIELD, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN SEPTEMBER 2009.

DING, DING, DING!

WHAT?

WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY CONFESSION, OUT OF WHAT I SUPPOSE IS ULTIMATELY JEALOUSLY, ONE THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE SHOVELING.

NOW, SPORT ARE OBVIOUSLY OUT.

THEY'RE JUST MY VERSION OF CALIFORNIA WEATHER.

BUT THEN I REMEMBERED.

IT WAS JANUARY 2013, AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANET HUNTERS PROJECT ANNOUNCED THE DISCOVERY OF A POTENTIALLY HABITABLE PLANET ORBITING ANOTHER STAR.

THIS WAS HUGE NEWS AND I WAS SO EXCITED I NEARLY DROVE OFF THE ROAD.

NOT LONG AFTER WARD, PERHAPS BECAUSE OF MY HEIGHTENED INTEREST IN STARS, I REMEMBERED THAT DANIEL DAY LEWIS WON A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF LINCOLN.

SO THERE YOU GO.

AND WITH THE BENCHMARKS CAME ROLLING IN.

THE DISCOVERY OF SOFT TISSUE IN A T-REFERENCE BONE, 2005.

THE FIRST -- 2010.

AND THE CREATION OF A SUPER EFFICIENT SOLID STATE LITHIUM BATTERY, 2017.

SO FOR ME, AND YOU CAN INSERT YOUR JOKES HERE, MY INTERNAL CLOCK IS SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.

EVEN THE BREAK BREAKTHROUGHS THT WERE LATER DEBUNKED.

ANYWAY JUST THE OTHER DAY NASA ANNOUNCED THE MYSTERIOUS ELLIPTICAL ORBIT OF A PLANET WHICH SAYS THERE'S A HUGE UNDISCOVERED OBJECT LURKING OUT THERE BEYOND PLUTO.

IT ALSO JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE MY WEDDING AN ANNIVERSARY, SO LUCKILY I WON'T BE MISSING THAT AGAIN.

THANK YOU, SCIENCE.

♪♪ >> CATHY: IMMIGRATION HAS BEEN A TOP ISSUE ONCE AGAIN THIS FALL AS AMERICANS PREPARE TO VOTE.

A "STAR TRIBUNE"/MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO NEWS POLL RELEASED THIS WEEK SHOWS THAT MINNESOTANS ARE DIVIDED ON THE ISSUE.

MOST TWIN CITIANS OPPOSE THE PRESIDENT'S IMMIGRATION POLICY.

BUT MANY SUBURBAN MINNESOTANS AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN GREATER MINNESOTA SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT.

ONE PLACE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS DEBATE IS WORTHINGTON IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE STATE IN NOBLES COUNTY.

THE CITY'S FUTURE SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON IMMIGRANTS.

"ONE GREATER MINNESOTA" REPORTER KAOMI GOETZ WENT TO GET A CLOSER LOOK.

>> THERE'S NO CHEATING BECAUSE -- >> Kaomi: JESSICA MOVED TO WORTHINGTON FROM TEXAS AS A TEENAGER WITH HER FAMILY.

SHE NOW LEADS A AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

SHE WANTS TO GIVE OTHER KIDS LIKE HER A CHANCE TO SEE THE POSSIBILITIES.

>> WHERE I COME FROM, YOU SEE LAWYERS.

YOU SEE STATE REPRESENTATIVES.

YOU SEE DOCTORS, TEACHERS, EVERYBODY IN ANY POSITION, AND THEY LOOK LIKE ME.

SO THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

WORTHINGTON IS SO DIVERSE.

AND THE YOUTH THAT I WORK WITH I KNOW HAVE THAT POTENTIAL TO TAKE ON THE POSITIONS THAT WILL SOON BE OPENING UP.

>> Kaomi: HER PARENTS WERE DRAWN TO THE AREA FOR PLENTIFUL JOBS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

NOW A MOM OF FIVE AND AN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY'S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, SHE SAYS WORTHINGTON STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR TRULY FEEL REPRESENTED.

>> YOU DO SEE VERY SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES, PEOPLE OF COLOR RUNNING THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE KARIN STORES, YOU HAVE ASIAN, YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW HISPANIC RESTAURANTS.

THERE'S SOME HISPANIC CAR SHOPS, CAR DEALERS.

SO YOU DO SEE THOSE SUCCESS STORIES.

THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF BARRIERS AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON TO ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER AS ONE.

[ Cheers and applause ] >> Kaomi: WORTHINGTON'S FUTURE SEEMS CLEAR.

TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY SOCCER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.

THE PLAYERS ARE NEARLY ALL ETHNICALLY -- WHEN THESE STUDENTS BECOME CITY LEADERS.

WHEN MAYOR MIKE COOLEY FIRST MOVED TO WORTHINGTON YEARS AGO, THE CITY WAS THEN 10,000 PEOPLE AND ABOUT 99% WHITE.

IT'S NOW A THIRD LARGER AND ABOUT HALF OF THE RESIDENTS ARE IMMIGRANTS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.

SOUTHEAST ASIA OR EAST AFRICA.

HE SAYS THE WELCOME MAT IS OUT.

>> WHEN IMMIGRANTS COME, THERE ARE CHALLENGES IN COMMUNICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YOU NEED TO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD, AND WORTHINGTON, WE ARE.

>> Kaomi: KIDS OF COLOR MAKE UP MORE THAN 70% OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DOZENS OF LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN.

SCHOOL LEADERS SAY THEY'RE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS.

THEY'RE ADDING ABOUT FOUR CLASSROOMS STUDENTS A YEAR.

>> MOST PLACES WOULD BE ENVIOUS TO HAVE THAT KIND OF GROWTH AND OF COURSE IT HELPS SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET WHEN YOU'RE GROWING, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.

WE'VE GONE FROM 187 FULL-TIME TEACHERS TO NOW WE'RE CLOSE TO 270.

SO YOU SEE THAT CONTINUAL GROWTH, AND WITH THAT, THEN YOU'RE ALSO EXPANDING SUPPORT STAFF AND SO IT POSES SOME CHALLENGES, BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE POSITIVE THINGS FOR -- PARTICULARLY FOR RURAL MINNESOTA.

>> Kaomi: IMMIGRANTS ARE DRIVING THAT GROWTH.

YET MANY IN THE COMMUNITY ARE LIVING IN RENEWED FEAR.

A LOCAL PRIEST, FATHER JIM CALLAGHAN SAYS EVERYONE STILL REMEMBERS A 2006 DEPORTATION RAID BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS.

HE SAYS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S -- >> IT'S STILL PRETTY TENSE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE CHURCH IS THERE FOR THEM AS A COMMUNITY.

>> Kaomi: IN 2016, CALLAGHAN'S PARISH, ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, BECAME A SAFNGHTRY COPY.

ON SUNDAYS, AS MANY AS A THOUSAND PEOPLE MIGHT COME FOR MASS.

AND IT OPERATES AS A MEDICAL CLINIC REGARDLESS OF STATUS.

>> I THINK IT'S MORE DANGEROUS NOW THAN IT WAS, LIKE, TEN YEARS AGO, BECAUSE IT'S SO SUBTLE, AND I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE TOWN ARE REALLY HARDWORKING AND GOOD PEOPLE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO AN ELEMENT.

WHO ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULDN'T BE HERE.

BUT IF THE IMMIGRANTS WEREN'T IN WORTHINGTON, THE COMMUNITY WOULD DIE.

>> Kaomi: IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, I.C.E.

HELD 398 PEOPLE IN DETENTION IN MINNESOTA.

NEARLY 30% OF THE DETAINEES ARE BEING HELD DESPITE ANY PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS.

IN PLACES LIKE WORTHINGTON ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE IMMIGRATION BATTLE AND THE REALITIES OF RURAL AMERICA.

>> YOU HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OPENLY COOPERATING WITH I.C.E., HOLDING PEOPLE FOR I.C.E., BEING SUED FOR IMPROPERLY DETAINING MEMBERS UNDER I.C.E.

HOLDS.

AND SO I THINK FOR RESIDENTS THERE, WORTHINGTON IS A PLACE WHERE BOTH PEOPLE ARE NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE, FOR THE PROSPERITY OF THE TOWN, WHILE FEDERAL ISSUES ARE PLAYING OUT KIND OF ABOVE THEIR HEADS AND OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTROL.

>> Kaomi: AS FOR JESSICA, SHE'S STAYING IN WORTHINGTON TO RAISE HER KIDS AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS.

>> I WOULD SAY CHANGE IS COMING.

AND CHANGE HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST FOUR DECADES.

IT'S UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO RESIST THAT CHANGE OR YOU WANT TO ACCEPT THAT CHANGE AND BE PART OF THAT CHANGE.

BECAUSE IT IS COMING.

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> ERIC: THINK YOU'VE BEEN BOMBARDED WITH POLITICAL MAILINGS AND COMMERCIALS AND PHONE CALLS?

POLITICAL REPORTERS IN MINNESOTA HAVE HAD IT EVEN WORSE.

OF COURSE, IT'S A BIG ELECTION YEAR WITH TWO U.S. SENATE RACES, A CONTEST FOR GOVERNOR, TWO OPEN CONGRESSIONAL SEATS, NOT TO MENTION THE BATTLE FOR THE STATE HOUSE.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH A TRIO OF REPORTERS COVERING THIS COLLECTION OF CAMPAIGNS.

TOM HAUSER -- YOU'VE SEEN HIS STORIES ON KSTP-TV.

PETER CALLAGHAN WRITES ABOUT POLITICS FOR MINNPOST.COM.

WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE "ALMANAC" POLITICAL REPORTER MARY LAHAMMER JOIN US TOO.

TOM, AS PROFESSOR SCHIER WAS SAYING, THE ELLISON FACTOR IS CREEPING INTO RACES BEYOND JUST THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE, AND HOW'S THAT REDONNEDDING IN THE WHOLE BUSINESS?

>> I THINK IT'S IN ALMOST EVERY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL AD.

AND THE TOUGH THING FOR ELLISON IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE NOT HIS RACES, HE CAN'T COMBAT IT.

I MEAN, HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT ADS OUT TO REFUTE ADS THAT ARE CRITICAL OF HIM THAT ARE NOT EVEN IN HIS RACE.

AND SO THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT FOR HIM.

IT'S A BARRAGE OF NEGATIVITY, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO RESPOND.

>> AND THE POLL NUMBERS THIS WEEK I THINK ARE THE STORY DEFINITELY IN THIS RACE.

AMAZING, WE'VE HAD A DECADES UPON DECADES UPON DECADES OF DFL CONTROL OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND THE REPUBLICAN IS AHEAD, WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN MY LIFETIME IN A POLITICAL POLL.

SO A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THIS RACE, YEAH.

>> THE POLL'S INTERESTING.

HERE'S WHAT MAKES IT MOST INTERESTING.

ELLISON IS RUNNING 50% IN HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY, OKAY?

50% IN THE COUNTY THAT YOU'VE GOT TO WIN BIG, COUNTIES THAT YOU HAVE TO WIN BIG TO COMPENSATE FOR LOSING AROUND IS A THE STATE.

SMITH, 63% IN HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY.

WALZ, 60%.

HE'S 10% BEHIND WALZ.

WE WON'T TALK ABOUT KLOBUCHAR.

SHE'S UP AT 70-SOMETHING.

THE REPUBLICAN NUMBER IN ALL FOUR OF THOSE RACES IS ALMOST IDENTICAL, 28, 29, 27.

THE DIFFERENCE IS, UNDECIDES IN THE ELLISON RACE.

17% OF HENNEPIN, RAMSEY, ARE UNDECIDED.

THAT'S WHY KEITH ELLISON IS RUNNING A CAMPAIGN LIKE A PRIMARY.

HE'S GOT TO GO GRAB D.F.L.

VOTERS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN HIS CAMP A LONG TIME AGO.

BECAUSE THEY'RE SKEPTICAL.

>> THE QUESTION IS, THOUGH, EARLY VOTING, THE QUANTITY OF EARLY VOTING, HAS THAT ALREADY HURT HIM, THE PEOPLE WHO HELD BACK ON VOTING FOR HIM, THE DIE HARD DEMOCRATS, THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, BUT EARLY VOTING IS UP -- >> HE'S BEEN TRYING TO COMBAT ALL OF THE NEGATIVES AGAINST HIM BY A DAILY DRUM BEAT OF NEGATIVITY ABOUT DOUG WARDLOW TAKING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A FAMILY THAT OWN AID A FOR PROFIT COLLEGE THAT DEFRAUDED STUDENTS ON THEIR LOANS, AND OTHER ISSUES, AND HE'S TRYING TO DO WHATEVER HE CAN TO NOT BUILD HIMSELF UP BUT TO DRIVE NEGATIVES ON HIS OPPONENT.

>> Cathy: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE WRITING CAMPAIGN OF TOM FOLEY?

>> I DON'T MAKE VERY MUCH OF IT UNLESS HE'S ASKING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR HIM.

IN THIS STATE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIGNED THAT FORM IF YOU WANT YOUR VOTES TO BE COUNTED.

PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW HIS NAME IS THERE IN ORDER TO WRITE IT DOWN.

HE CLAIMS IT'S JUST SO THAT VOTE GETS COUNTED AND IT DOESN'T GET THROWN IN THE BATCH WITH THE MICKEY HOUSES AND OTHERS.

THE THING ABOUT THE ELLISON CAMPAIGN WHICH IS INTERESTING, AND I'M THINKING BACK TO THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS HAD HIM HERE, HE'S DEFINITELY ON THE FRONT FOOT AGAIN.

I THOUGHT HE WAS VERY DEFENSIVE ON THE COUCH HERE.

HE WAS NOT VERY GOOD AT TAKING THE CAMPAIGN TO WARDLOW.

AT THE LAST DEBATE, HE WAS MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE, MUCH MORE ASSERTIVE AND I JUST FEEL HE'S AT LEAST, AS YOU SAY, ON THE FRONT FOOT -- >> IN THAT DEBATE WHICH I COMOTT RATED HE WAS ALWAYS ON THE DEFENSIVE.

16 SECONDS INTO THE DEBATE, DOUG WARDLOW STARTED CALLING HIM SOMEONE WHO LOVES COP KILLERS.

WHEN YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY DEFENDING THAT ATTACK, THAT'S NOT A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN.

WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING DEFENSE ALL THE TIME.

>> SKIP IT, HONESTLY, IF THERE'S SO MUCH NEGATIVITY, I'VE HEARD FROM VOTERS WHO JUST WANT TO HOP OVER THAT RACE -- >> ANOTHER ELECTION -- >> Cathy: AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEBATES, THE TINA SMILTD, KARIN HOUSELY DEBATE ON YOUR AIR ENDED UP JUST BEING KARIN HOUSELY TALKING.

>> IT'S NOT GOOD OPTICS FOR THE CANDIDATE WHO DOESN'T SHOW UP, AND WE WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT SHE DID NOT SHOW UP.

WE HAD INITIAL INDICATIONS THAT SHE WOULD, AND THEN SENATOR KLOBUCHAR SAID SHE WASN'T GOING TO SHOW UP, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE WERE HEARING FROM THE SMITH CAMPAIGN THAT SHE WASN'T GOING TO SHOW UP EITHER, AND THEN KLOBUCHAR DECIDED TO GET BACK IN.

SO IT ENDED UP BEING KIND OF AWKWARD BECAUSE THERE'S NOW THE SENIOR SENATOR APPEARING AND THE CANDIDATE WHO'S NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN ELECTED TO HER SENATE SEAT DECLINING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE.

>> AN INTERESTING THING, I DON'T THINK YOUR AIR, KSTP SHOW SAID THAT EMPTY PODIUM VERY OFTEN, BUT AS YOU WROTE ABOUT, THE OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS COULD GET THAT SHOT -- >> WE TRIED NOT TO FOCUS ON IT TOO MUCH.

>> Mary: BUT THAT'S A POWERFUL IMAGE -- >> I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS TALKED ABOUT, FOLKS LIKE US POLITICAL PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MINDS IN THAT RACE AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

WITH A TELL VICED OR AT LEAST A RADIO DEBATE BETWEEN THOSE TWO CANDIDATES, THAT'S WHAT WILL HAVE HAPPENED JUST BEFORE PEOPLE GO TO VOTE.

SO I THINK HERS MISSING A PREVIOUS DEBATE TEN DAYS AGO THAT Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT MAY NOT -- >> A RADIO DEBATE ON A SUNDAY NIGHT THAT IS NOT TELEVISED, THERE'S JUST NO COMPARISON -- [Overlapping conversations] >> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STATEWIDE EXPOSURE.

[Overlapping conversations] >> BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO AND DO THAT?

TO HAVE DONE BOTH WOULD HAVE SERVED HER BEST.

>> Eric: HOW FAR DOES THE TRUMP EFFECT GO DOWN THE BALLOT?

DOES IT GET AS FAR AS LEGISLATIVE RACES?

SPHWHRAM I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THIS -- >> Mary: I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THIS TIME.

WE USED TO ALWAYS SAY MINNESOTA WAS THE EXCEPTION, BUT IT FEELS LIKE IN INCREASELY IN IN MINNESOTA WE HAVE NATIONALIZED ELECTIONS.

AND WE'RE HEARING IT IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES.

IT'S UP TO EACH CANDIDATE AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE REPUBLICAN WHO'S NOT TRYING TO RUN WITH THE PRESIDENT, CONGRESSMAN ERIK PAULSEN -- >> Eric: BUT THE PRESIDENT TWEETED, HE'S HARDWORKING AND VERY SMART.

AND I ENDORSE PULL SEASON FOR CONGRESS, AND IT'S A DISTRICT THAT HILLARY CLINTON WON BY NINE POINTS.

>> IT WAS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT AND TRUMP'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DOO.

I WISH HE WOULD ENDORSE MY POLICY, NOT MY CAMPAIGN.

>> SPEAKER DAUDT HOPES THEY BREAK RANKS AT SOME POINT IF THEY'RE VOTING A DEMOCRATIC TICKET ABOVE THE HOUSE RACES.

WE RUN INTO OUR CONSTITUENTS AT THE GROCERY STORE.

WE GO TO SCHOOL WITH THEIR KIDS.

WE KNOW EACH OTHER.

BUT HE NEEDS TO HOPE FOR THAT BECAUSE WHERE HE'S MOST VULNERABLE IS IN THE SUBURBAN DISTRICTS, THE HILLARY 12 ARE ALL IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS -- >> Eric: THESE ARE HILLARY CLINTON DISTRICTS WITH G.O.P.

HOUSE MEMBERS.

>> CORRECT, AND HE NEEDS SOMEONE WHO DECIDED TO GO WITH PHILLIPS AND CRAIG IN CONGRESSIONAL RACES TO MAKE A CHANGE ONCE THEY GET DOWN TO THOSE LEGISLATIVE RACES.

IF THEY DON'T, HE'S IN TROUBLE.

>> IN TERMS OF THE TRUMP IMPACT, I JUST NOTICED TODAY HE JUST SCHEDULED ONE OF HIS MAKE AMERICA GREAT RALLIES FOR AN AIRPORT IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, WHERE MY SON WENT TO COLLEGE.

I GOT A FEELING HE'S GETTING ON HIS WHISTLE STOP AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE MAKES A STOP AT THE MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK.

HE'S BEEN TO ROCHESTER AND DULUTH.

THIS WAY, HE'D GO TO THE MAJOR MEDIA MARKET HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES WHERE WE HAVE FOUR CONGRESSIONAL SEATS, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOUSE THAT COULD DICTATE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.

I WOULD NOT BE AT ALL SPRIEZED.

>> Mary: TWO YEARS AGO, HE SAID HE REGRETS, HE WOULD HAVE STOPPED HERE ONE MORE TIME, HE THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE.

JUST ONE MORE AND HE WANTED TO STOP AND HIS CAMPAIGN WOULDN'T LET HIM -- >> STAND WITH HIM.

>> I DOUBT IT, NO, NO.

>> Cathy: I DID NOT GET TO HEAR THE STAUBER RADINOVICH DEBATE HERE TODAY ON MPR, BUT THAT IS AN INTERESTING RACE AND THAT IS ALSO VERY CLOSE.

>> HOW DARE YOU NOT LISTEN -- >> Cathy: I KNOW.

[ Laughter ] >> Mary: IT WAS TESTY.

I LISTENED AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GETTING VERY PERSONAL AND TO THE POINT WHERE THE MODERATOR HAD TO TELL THEM TO STOP TALKING OVER EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT WAS RADIO BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T IDENTIFY.

AND YOU WONDER IF MAYBE IT IS TIGHTENING AGAIN BECAUSE IT DID SHOW THE REPUBLICAN, AND THIS IS A SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY A DEMOCRAT, SHOWED REPUBLICAN PETE STAUBER REALLY PULLING AWAY FROM JOE RADINOVICH.

ANECDOTALLY, MAYBE RADINOVICH'S APPEAL THAT HE DID, WHERE HE EXPLAINED HIS PAST AND ALL THE TICKETS AND THE DRUG PAIR FELONY YALE YA, AND TALKED ABOUT HIS LIFE AND THE SHOOTINGS AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDES AND THE MURDERS THAT HAPPENED IN HIS HOUSEHOLD AND HOW THAT AFFECTED HIM AND REALLY FORCED THAT PERSONAL STORY OUT.

>> I MODERATED A DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM IN OUR STUDIO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

AND WE WERE AT THIS SMALL LITTLE TABLE, SO THEY WERE LIKE UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AND THERE WAS SOME VERY HUMOROUS MOMENTS WHERE THEY'RE GOING AT IT AND PETE STAUBER WOULD GRAB JOE RADINOVICH'S ARM, AND THEN HE WOULD GRAB HIS ARM BACK.

IT WAS VERY AWKWARD BECAUSE WE WERE ALL IN SUCH A CLOSE CONFINED SPACE, BUT THERE WAS NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN THESE TWO.

THEY ARE -- >> Cathy: IN TERMS OF THE TWO GIEWB THAT TOMORROWAL CANDIDATES, THEY SEEM LIKE THEY GET ALONG PRETTY WELL.

>> RELATIVELY.

IT'S BEEN CHANGING AS THE CAMPAIGN HAS GONE ALONG.

I'LL GO BACK TO THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS HAD THEM WHEN THEY WERE LIKE FRATERNITY BROTHERS.

I THINK THE LAST TWO DEBATES, PARTICULARLY THE ONE IN WILLMAR, THINGS WERE A LOT MORE TESTY.

>> Eric: WHERE IS CONGRESSMAN WALZ ON THE MINIMUM WAGE?

>> WHERE ISN'T HE?

WE THINK HE'S SETTLED ON $15, DIDN'T HE?

>> Mary: BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE TWEET AFTERWARDS.

THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND HE WAS MAYBE A LITTLE VAGUE ON IT.

THE VALUE OF TWITTER -- >> DIFFERENT TODAY WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO HE WAS GETTING AN A RATING FROM THE NRA AND NOW HE'S WITH THE ANTITHESIS OF THE NRA -- >> Eric: WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT RACE, THE GOVERNOR'S RACE?

>> I THINK IT'S WHERE IT WAS.

I THINK WALZ IS PROBABLY LEADING, BUT JOHNSON IS A REALLY GOOD CANDIDATE.

HE'S DONE THIS BEFORE.

I'M REALLY IMPRESSED BY HIM ON THE STUMP AND I THINK HIS MEDIA IS GOOD.

BUT I THINK THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE STATE AND WHERE THE PARTIES ARE AND WHERE THE VOTE IS PROBABLY STILL FAVORING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.

>> Mary: WALZ HAS BEEN AHEAD IN EVERY SINGLE POLL BUT THE MARGININ IS CLOSING.

AND HE KEEPS POINTING TO THAT PRIMARY ELECTION WHERE FORMER GOVERNOR TIM PAWLENTY WAS SUPPOSED TO BLOW HIM OUT OF THE WATER -- >> KIND OF LIKED THAT LAST POLL THAT THE "STAR TRIBUNE" AND MPR DID, THOUGH.

THEY ACTUALLY SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE -- >> ONE THING I THINK THIS CAMPAIGN IS MISSING AMONGST ALL THE NEGLECT NEGATIVE ADS, NOBODY CAME OUT WITH A REALLY CREATIVE, STEADY, FUNNY, UPLIFTING -- >> BIGFOOT.

THAT'S ONE.

>> IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ENTIRE CAMPAIGN IT.

WAS ONE AD.

AND IT WASN'T EVEN DESIGNED TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS IT WAS.

IT WENT VIRAL.

BUT NOBODY CAME THROUGH LIKE A WELLSTONE OR A VENTURA -- >> Mary: THERE'S A LOT OF COOKIE CUTTER.

>> YEAH.

[Overlapping conversations] >> KIND OF NEGATIVE.

[Overlapping conversations] >> Eric: A GRATEFUL STATE THANKS YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

♪♪ >> I WANT TO RESCIND THE TAX CUTS ON THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS BECAUSE NORM BELIEVES THAT WEALTH STARTS FROM THE TOP AND TRICKLES DOWN.

>> I BELIEVE THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS -- I BELIEVE THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS -- >> AL HAS SAID THIS MANY TIMES.

PLEASE DON'T TELL ME ABOUT I BELIEVE THAT WEALTH TRICKLES DOWN.

I'VE BEEN MAYOR OF ST. PAUL, WALKING THE STREETS AND I FIGURED OUT THAT YOU DO BY KEEPING LIDS ON TAXES, KEEPING LIDS ON SPENDING.

>> CATHY: THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO.

AL FRANKEN WOULD WIN THAT ELECTION BY 300 VOTES.

LET'S DIVE INTO MINNESOTA HISTORY OF AN OLDER VINTAGE.

OUR QUESTION FROM LAST TIME HAD TO DO WITH THIS GENTLEMAN.

WE ASKED YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT HIM.

THEN WE TOLD YOU THAT HE WAS A MINNESOTAN WHO INVENTED SOMETHING IMPORTANT MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO.

THIS INVENTION IMPROVED THE SAFETY OF SOMETHING THAT MANY MINNESOTANS STILL USE TODAY.

WE THEN ADDED THE HINT THAT THE BUILDING I AM IN RIGHT NOW HAS THIS PRODUCT WITHIN IT.

WHO IS THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTAN, AND WHAT DID HE INVENT?

WE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF WRONG GUESSES TO CHOOSE FROM.

HERE'S A SAMPLING.

>> CATHY: HMM, THE ESCALATOR WAS A GOOD GUESS AND IN THE RIGHT TOPIC AREA.

WHAT SAFETY INVENTION WERE WE SEEKING?

MARK WAS ONE OF SEVERAL VIEWERS FROM DULUTH TO CALL IN WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER.

>> Cathy: AND INDEED ZENITHCITY.COM IS A GREAT WEBSITE, YES.

ALEXANDER MILES HELD AN EARLY, IMPORTANT PATENT ON SAFETY ELEVATOR DOORS.

MILES WAS BORN IN DULUTH AND WAS WORKING THERE AS A BARBER WHEN HE RODE AN ELEVATOR AND THOUGHT OF A WAY TO MAKE THE DOOR SYSTEM SAFER.

ALEXANDER MILES WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO BE A MEMBER OF THE DULUTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WAS ELECTED TO THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME IN 2007.

SPECIAL THANKS TO MELISSA WRIGHT FOR THAT QUESTION.

WE HAVE A NEW QUIZ FOR YOU.

IT CONCERNS A FAMED WORLD CITIZEN WHO MADE HEADLINES BY SPEAKING AT NORTHROP AUDITORIUM AT THE U OF M IN 1955.

AT THE TIME, THE "TRIBUNE" SAID THAT MORE THAN 6,000 PEOPLE "SAT, KNEELED, AND STOOD" IN NORTHROP'S AISLES AND CORRIDORS.

THE NUMBER IN ATTENDANCE WAS LATER BOOSTED TO MORE THAN 8,000.

MORE THAN 3,000 WERE TURNED AWAY FROM WHAT WAS CALLED PROBABLY THE LARGEST LECTURE EVER TO BE HELD IN TWIN CITIES.

WHO WAS THIS NOTED 1955 NORTHROP AUDITORIUM LECTURER?

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING IN FROM LONDON TOWNSHIP, NEW LONDON, LONDON PARK, OR ALONG LONDON ROAD IN DULUTH.

YOU ALL USE THE SAME PHONE NUMBER TO REACH US.

651-229-1430.

I HAVE A SPECIAL TUNE-IN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE GO.

NEXT FRIDAY ON "ALMANAC," WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL DEBATE IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR AS JEFF JOHNSON AND TIM WALZ JOIN US FOR THE FULL HOUR.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CANDIDATES?

CALL IT IN AT 651-229-1430.

DO THAT NOW IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

OR EMAIL US AT ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

THOSE ARE QUESTIONS FOR TIM WALZ AND JEFF JOHNSON NEXT FRIDAY.

FOR SHOW-CLOSING MUSIC, NOTED FOLKSINGER ROSALIE SORRELS APPEARED ON TPT'S "NIGHTTIMES" VARIETY PROGRAM THIS WEEK IN 1982.

LET'S LISTEN TO HER AS WE ROLL THE CREDITS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

SEE YOU LATER.

>> ♪ ♪ ♪ WAS THAT I MET YOUR COMPANY ♪ ♪ I'D SIT THERE AND DRINK MY FILL ♪ ♪ TWAS THERE YOU FIRST TOOK HOLD OF ME ♪ ♪ I THINK YOU'VE GOT ME STILL ♪ ♪ AND YOU'RE THE FOXY DEVIL WHEN YOU LIGHT ♪ ♪ YOU SET MY HEART AT EASE AND THEN YOU STRIKE ♪ ♪ YOU SET MY HEAD TO REELING ♪ ♪ AH, YOU MAKE ME SHOUT AND SING Captioned by: Paradigm Reporting & Captioning www.paradigmreporting.com >> "ALMANAC" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

SUPPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED BY... GREAT RIVER ENERGY: PROVIDING ELECTRICITY AND RELATED SERVICES TO 28 CO-OPS IN MINNESOTA.

A TOUCHSTONE ENERGY COOPERATIVE.

THE SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY: A LEADER IN PROTECTING AND RESTORING NATURAL RESOURCES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

EDUCATION MINNESOTA: THE VOICE FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

MORE AT EDUCATIONMINNESOTA.ORG.

FLINT HILLS RESOURCES: PRODUCING TRANSPORTATION FUELS FOR MINNESOTA AND THE UPPER MIDWEST AT ITS ROSEMOUNT REFINERY.

DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: INVESTING $25 MILLION TO IMPROVE DENTAL CARE FOR MINNESOTANS IN NEED.

DELTADENTALMN.ORG/TPT.

AND HEALTH PARTNERS: WITH 60 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HELPING PLAN MEMBERS ACHIEVE THEIR WELL-BEING GOALS, HEALTHPARTNERS IS YOUR TRUSTED MEDICARE PARTNER.

"ONE GREATER MINNESOTA" REPORTING ON "ALMANAC" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE OTTO BREMER TRUST, WHOSE MISSION IS INVESTING IN PEOPLE, PLACES, AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT COMES FROM THE BLANDIN FOUNDATION AND THE SAINT PAUL FOUNDATION.

"ALMANAC" IS A PRODUCTION OF TWIN CITIES PBS FOR THE STATIONS OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION.

>> David: HEY, EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO "THE WRAP."

MY NAME IS DAVID GILLETTE, AND WE ARE TALKING TONIGHT ALL THINGS ELECTION NIGHT WITH OUR VERY OWN MARY LAHAMMER.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE CASE FOR OR AGAINST ELECTION NIGHT.

AND WHAT I AM BY THAT IS PAYING TANG THE NIGHT OF AS THE ELECTION RESULTS COME IN, WHAT'S GOING ON.

DOES IT MATTER, OR SHOULD WE ALL JUST, YOU KNOW, CALM DOWN, GO TO BED -- >> Mary: IF YOU'RE WRAPPING "THE WRAP" RIGHT NOW, THAT PROBABLY MEANS YOU CAN'T GO TO BED ON ELECTION NIGHT, THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY INCAPABLE OF THAT BECAUSE YOU CARE, YOU CARE ENOUGH TO BE WATCH WATCHING "ALMANAC."

YOU'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING.

SO GREAT, WATCH, ENGAGE.

>> David: YOU GET ENERGIZED.

BUT IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN LEARN STRUCTURALLY FROM WATCHING ELECTION NIGHT THAT YOU JUST WON'T GET?

>> Mary: LET'S ARGUE FOR OUR JOBS, WE ARE GOING TO CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS.

AND YOU DO GET THE VIBE AND THE FEEL.

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE.

I HAVE WITNESSED TWO HUGE HISTORIC ELECTIONS, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS MORE THE IMPACT FEDERALLY, WATCHING FIRST BARACK OBAMA GET ELECTED, AND SEEING THE TEARS AND JOY AND HUGS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP GETTING ELECTED ONCE AGAIN AT D.F.L.

HEADQUARTERS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN ONLY EXPERIENCE IN REAL TIME, AND YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE AT REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS, YOU GOT TO SEE HUGE ELATION AND PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF SURPRISE.

TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW.

>> David: WE ALL HAVE OUR FAVORITE METHODS OF TRACKING RESULTS AS THEY COME IN, THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE, AND AT NIGHT, I HAPPENED TO BE THE "NEW YORK TIMES" WEBINARS, WHICH HAD THESE TWO METERS, IT TALKED ABOUT PROBABLIABILITY, AND IT STARTED AT ABOUT 80, 85% HILLARY CLINTON, TOWARDS THE BLUE SIDE, AND ALL NIGHT AS RESULTS CAME IN, IT JUST KIND OF MARCHED ALL THE WAY IS A UNTIL IT WAS CALLED FOR TRUMP -- >> Mary: AND WHAT DID THE ROOM FEEL LIKE?

>> David: THEY WERE WATCHING THAT SAME THING, AND I THINK HONESTLY, IF MY TAKE IS ACCURATE, SOME OF THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS WERE SURPRISED AS WELL.

THEY WERE SAYING, THIS IS TURNING INTO A SOAR.

>> Mary: SO WE'RE MAKING A CASE TO TUNE IN ELECTION NIGHT.

IS A THAT DOESN'T FEEL THE SAME WAY THE NEXT DAY.

>> David: I DEFINITELY GET THAT AND -- BUT MAYBE FROM YOUR DAD'S PERSPECTIVE WHO CALLED ELECTIONS, ANYTHING STRUCTURALLY IN THE NUMBERS ABOUT HOW THEY COME IN, WHEN THEY COME IN, ARE THERE ANY LESSONS THERE?

>> Mary: ABSOLUTELY.

I GREW UP WATCHING ELECTION RETURNS WITH MY DAD WHO WORKED FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ON ELECTION NIGHT, AND HE WAS THE GUY, HE'S GOT THIS MATHEMATICAL GENIUS BRAIN AND HE WOULD KNOW ENOUGH TO SAY AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE RACE FOR SO AND SO.

THAT'S WHEN HE USED TO DO THAT.

SO I LOVED JUST THE MATH THAT WENT ON.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO GEEK OUT ON THAT, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT MATH HAPPENING ELECTION NIGHT.

>> David: IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I, LIKE ALL PEOPLE GO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE, BUT FOR CONTEXT, I NEED A LOT OF INTERPRETATION HELP.

AND THAT'S WHERE, EVEN IF I'M AT CAMPAIGN HEAD HEADQUARTERS, I'M JUMPING ON TWITTER AND THE NEWS WEBSITES, SO AS WE'RE TEXTING BACK AND FORTH, EXCHANGING IDEAS.

SO I LOOK LIKE IN SOME WAYS, IT'S EASIER TO GET THE IMMEDIACY OF THE EVENT FROM HOME ON THE ELECTION SIDE FROM YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION -- >> Mary: AND THERE'S A HANDFUL OF CAPITOL REPORTERS WHO WORK IN THE STATE CAPITOL AND NOT AT ELECTION HEADQUARTERS BECAUSE YOU CAN PROBABLY GET MORE SOURCES.

AND YOU CAN GET THE NUMBERS FROM THE A.P.

AND THE NUMBERS FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND YOU CAN MAKE ALL THOSE PHONE CALLS IN A QUIET EASY PLACE TO CONNECT.

SO I THINK THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO DO IT.

I'D SAY WE ARE FULLY INTO THE MULTISCREEN VIEWING.

EVERYBODY'S GOING GOING TO HAVER LAPTOP, THEIR iPAD, THEIR PHONE.

FOUR SCREEN VIEWING FOR ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL POLITICAL JUNKIES OUT THERE.

>> David: I THINK SO.

AND WE HAVE TO GET READY FOR THE BIG NIGHT.

SO SEE YOU SOON.

BYE.