Democratic Incumbent Rick Nolan in Danger in Minnesota House District

In one of the few congressional districts where Republicans have a serious opportunity to pick up a House seat from the Democrats, the prospects for Minnesota GOP challenger Stewart Mills are looking even better than an appraisal made in The WEEKLY STANDARD six weeks ago.

A poll from KSTP/Survey USA released in late October—the only major public poll of the race to date—has Mills running four points ahead of Democrat (DFL) incumbent Rick Nolan in Minnesota’s northeastern Eighth Congressional District at 45 to 41 percent. (A poll done for the Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC earlier in the month showed Nolan up eight.)