DAVID MARCUS: In deep blue Minnesota a red dawn may be rising ahead of the midterms

Six months ago, very few people imagined that this year’s senate and governor races in Minnesota would be anything but Democratic Party blowouts, but as we approach October, and the beating heart of the midterms, the Gopher state appears suddenly and stunningly in play.

Recent polling, as shoddy as this cycle’s surveys have been, show GOP senate candidate Michelle Tafoya within 2 or 3 points of her opponent, sitting Lt. Gov. Peggy Flannagan, and while the chaos surrounding the death of Alex...