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Swanson Challenges Stauber on Mining and Data Centers | Duluth News
Trina Swanson, a Democrat with deep federal experience, is challenging Republican Rep. Pete Stauber in Minnesota’s swingy Eighth District — a seat Trump won by 14 points in 2024. Once leading immigration operations at USCIS, she quit after being asked to probe a top official’s nanny’s visa — calling it the “final straw” of government dysfunction. Now, she’s rallying voters around local issues: affordable housing, mining ethics (opposing near Boundary Waters but supporting responsible extraction elsewhere), and demanding transparency from data centers. She argues her background gives her…
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