Minnesota’s candidates for governor make their case to farmers, ag industry pros

By: Alyssa Chen, Ria Gupta

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: August 5, 2026

Words: 1,497

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago


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MORGAN, REDWOOD COUNTY — Minnesota’s candidates for governor fielded questions on farming regulations, rising rural healthcare costs and fraud in Minnesota’s public programs Wednesday as they made their case to farmers.

It was the first and last time U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the presumptive Democratic-Farmer-Labor nominee for governor, got on stage with the three GOP candidates for governor: businessman Kendall Qualls, House Speaker Lisa Demuth and pillow mogul Mike Lindell.

Minnesota Republicans will …

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