Minnesota’s 7th congressional district Republican representative Michele Fischbach was here in Marshall at the Republican headquarters on Friday to host an event near SMSU campus, she recently defeated a challenger that stirred the pot a little, by appearing more conservative.  

Although she is popular in Lyon County, she is not as popular in the lakes area where there was a shuffle of delegates that ended up in the Star Tribune. 

 Fischbach had a challenge from a businessperson from Kensington, Minnesota Steve Boyd. Boyd was running to the far right of Fischbach. Boyd was extremely popular in Douglas, and Otter Tail County. Fischbach still won because there was enough cushion with how big the 7th district is. Fischbach could still face a challenge in the general election because of what happened in 2020 with Minnesota Senate District nine with Jordan Rasmusson and Nathan Miller. Who represents the Parkers Prairie area.  

Rasmusson won the primary and Miller tried a write-in campaign that was unsuccessful. Fischbach could face that same challenge in 2024 with people writing in Boyd’s name on the ballot. That could end up splitting the vote, resulting in a Democrat’s win. The Republican party has a problem with politicians that feel like lifelong politicians right now. Republicans from the lakes area think that Fishbach is a lifelong politician in Washington, even though she has only been there for two terms. The democratic party is united by anyone who is running. 

Meanwhile the Democratic party sent Sectary of State Steve Simon to Granite Falls on Friday to stop at the Bluenose Gopher House on Prentice Street. Simon’s job while stopping in Granite Falls was to talk about what his office is doing to stop the spread of AI misinformation during the leadup to the election, and to talk about when early voting starts on October 7th, along with how the process went during the primary elections. Simon also talked about new election laws that are going into effect during this election period.  

Simon did not just talk about politics while in Granite Falls, he listened to four representatives of Clean Up the River Environment (CURE). Cure is a project by the Democratic party in Minnesota to go out and clean up the rivers in Minnesota.