Delegates to the 2nd Congressional District Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party Convention endorsed Steve Sarvi’s candidacy for Congress last Saturday. Sarvi will face Rep. John Kline (R-Lakeville) in the November election. According to a release issued by Sarvi's campaign Peter Idusogie, who had been challenging Sarvi for the endorsement, withdrew after the first vote and endorsed Sarvi.

By Mark W. Olson 

The dyed-in-the-wool Republican city of Victoria is once again proving to be an interesting politically anomaly.

Ever since Victoria was incorporated as a city in 1915, it has voted in the majority for 18 Republican presidential candidates, letting only one Democratic and one third party candidate squeeze through its grasp. And it hasn't let that happen since 1968.