At 8 a.m. this morning, more than 1,800 people showed up for a congressional debate in Duluth, Minnesota between 18-term Democrat Jim Oberstar and his Republican opponent Chip Cravaack, a former Navy ...

A bill exempting U.S. military personnel and their families from lengthy security searches at U.S. airports passed the full U.S. House Tuesday evening. The bill, introduced by Rep. Chip Cravaack, ...

When U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack hears ads by his 8th District opponent Rick Nolan saying "he doesn't even live here anymore," he describes them as an attack on his family and a broken promise not to get ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - An autism advocate accused Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack on Monday of revealing his son's autism to get sympathy as he faces questions about his Minnesota ties in a tight ...

The Duluth News Tribune backs Republican Chip Cravaack over 18-term Democrat Jim Oberstar: There’s no denying the enormous, life-changing and positive impacts U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar has had on ...

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Another name has emerged as a possible challenger to 8th District Rep. Chip Cravaack in 2012: Duluth City Council Member Jeff Anderson. Republican Cravaack upset longtime Democratic Congressman Jim ...

ST. PAUL -- Chip Cravaack gained national attention two years ago when he upset long-time U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, but early Wednesday he lost to a congressman who served three decades ago. Democrat ...

DULUTH, Minn. - The next congressional election is 18 months away, but you wouldn't know it listening to the radio or watching television around Duluth and the Iron Range, where freshman U.S. Rep.

Horticulture senior and Iron Range native Natalie Walker said her home district is distinctly Democrat-leaning. History would agree with her. Before 2010, the area that is now the 8th Congressional ...

WASHINGTON - Michael Schmitz was a lifelong Democrat before he met Chip Cravaack three years ago at a shopping center in Virginia, a mining town in the heart of Minnesota's Iron Range. "He came across ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Chip Cravaack went from being a political novice to a giant killer. The retired Navy Reserve and Northwest Airlines pilot defeated the longest-serving congressman in Minnesota history ...