Live Blog: Republican candidates' U.S. Senate debate

Republican candidates met in a Wyoming bowling alley Friday to hash out the issues

May 24, 2014 at 12:36AM
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Julianne Ortman during a debate at the Barry Family Campus Jewish Community Center in St. Louis Park on Tuesday. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ cgonzalez@startribune.com - April 1, 2014, St. Louis Park, Minn., Barry Family Campus Jewish Community Center, Minnesota's Republican U.S. Senate candidates have picked starkly different paths in their quests to take down Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Julianne Ortman during a debate at the Barry Family Campus Jewish Community Center in St. Louis Park April 1. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In the run-up to this year's state Republican convention, potential opponents to Democratic Minnesota Sen. Al Franken squared off at Stars and Strikes bowling alley in Wyoming. Follow the live blog for details. The event begins at 7 p.m.

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Abby Simons is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Public Safety Editor. Her team covers crime and courts across the metro. She joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2008 and previously reported on crime, courts and politics.

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