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Newly released campaign finance reports show DFL gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar has almost eight times more cash on hand than her closest GOP opponent. The reports cover activity from the start of the year through the end of May. Klobuchar reported she had almost $3.9 million on hand as of June 1. Meanwhile, House Speaker Lisa Demuth led Republican candidates, with Kendall Qualls and Mike Lindell nearly draining their accounts. Demuth had slightly more than $500,000 left, with the others way back. Qualls had more debt than cash on hand. That's important because those three are vying for the nomination in an August primary. The winner could be financially strapped as they move to a fall contest against Klobuchar, the virtually certain DFL nominee. Klobuchar is a four-term U.S. senator. Those past runs led to a robust fundraising network. Here is the fundraising activity for each from April 1 to May 31.

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The governor’s office is only one leg of that important power balance at the state Capitol, with majorities for the House and Senate also at stake this November. Many groups and party entities will play a role and dwarf what candidates in key races will spend themselves. Some linchpin legislative contests will attract millions of dollars. The party caucuses are gearing up as well. The cash-on-hand lineup is as follows: Senate GOP had $3.06 million on hand, the Senate DFL had $2.8 million, the House DFL had $1.82 million and the House GOP had $1.29 million.

The Second District House race is heating up. Former state Sen. Matt Little won the DFL endorsement to replace U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, but the DFL primary is still competitive. Sydney Kashiwagi of the Star Tribune reports that the race is just now seeing a sizable injection of outside spending . EMILYs List released the first major ad in the race yesterday in support of flight attendant and state Rep. Kaela Berg, seeking to highlight her experience as a union leader and working-class Minnesotan. EMILYs List backs pro-abortion rights women candidates in races across the country. DFL Sen. Matt Klein is also a top contender in the race. He’s carved out a more moderate track while Little and Berg vie for the progressive vote. Whoever makes it through the Aug. 11 primary will face GOP state Sen. Eric Pratt in November. 

After 15 people were charged with conspiracy tied to ICE opposition, protests emerged outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul yesterday. Law enforcement wound up deploying  chemical irritants. Federal officials yesterday said a grand jury indicted 15 Minnesotans “for conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers,” and for efforts to allegedly “violently oppose immigration law enforcement” during the surge of federal immigration officers in the state this winter. Our colleague Matt Sepic has been following the legal fallout from the ICE agent surge and was at the press conference where the indictments were announced. Sepic says the government’s track record in ICE-related cases is spotty. In December and January, federal prosecutors charged 36 people, mostly protesters, with assaulting or impeding federal immigration agents. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, however, has dropped 18 of the 36 cases entirely. At a hearing in April, Magistrate Judge David Schultz called one charging document from this series a “false affidavit.” Asked about that track record yesterday, Daniel Rosen, the U.S. attorney for Minnesota, said, “You watch how the case plays out. You watch how the evidence plays out, and the evidence will prove it all out.” Check out Sepic’s full story for details on the charges, plus photos of the protests that followed the press conference.

Trump’s approval rating among Minnesotans has slipped since the last Minnesota poll was taken last year. The new poll from the Star Tribune, KARE 11 and the Hubbard School of Journalism shows 56 percent of Minnesotans polled disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president, while 41 percent approve. The same poll last year found 54 percent of Minnesotans disapproved of Trump’s job as president. When broken down along party lines, the poll taken in early June shows Trump maintains strong support from Minnesota Republicans; 93 percent of which approve of the job he’s doing. Meanwhile, 97 percent of Democrats and 60 percent of independents disapprove of his performance. Trump’s U.S. military action in Iran is also unpopular with most state residents, 52 percent of which oppose the war. The approval again breaks down on expected party lines, where 79 percent of Republicans support the war, and 88 percent of Democrats oppose. A majority of those polled also disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy

Minnesota brewers who produce hemp-derived THC products like seltzers and gummies say new federal restrictions on the industry could tank their business. Our colleague Nicole Ki spoke with brewers who say they’ve been able to withstand declining demand for beer by diversifying and producing hemp-derived products. With the federal ban set to take hold in November, they’re bracing for a significant economic hit . It’s one that some say would put them under. “We make more THC beverages than beer,” Omar Ansari, the owner of Surly Brewing, said. “Without the THC space, it’s not enough to keep going anymore. And I think a lot of breweries are in that same spot — beer has just dried up so much.” Industry experts say the impact could be widespread with between 20 and 30% of Minnesota brewers facing closing for good.