Republican ends bid for Minnesota governor, citing 'unconstitutional' ICE surge [View all]
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Source: The Guardian
Republican ends bid for Minnesota governor, citing ‘unconstitutional’ ICE surge
Chris Madel drops out of race and in video criticizes the ‘federal retribution on the citizens’ of Minnesota
Maya Yang
Mon 26 Jan 2026 12.23 EST
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A top Republican candidate for Minnesota governor has dropped out of the race, sharply criticizing what he called a “federal retribution on the citizens of our state” amid the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement operations – which sparked public outrage after US agents’ killings of ICU nurse Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.
On Monday, Minneapolis-based attorney Chris Madel made his announcement, saying in a video online: “I cannot support the … stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/republican-chris-madel-minnesota-governor-race-ice
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