Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan made his first stop in Minnesota since joining Mitt Romney's ticket for a fundraiser in the Twin Cities, and the Wisconsinite took time to talk smack about the Vikings during his speech.

President Barack Obama, who canceled campaign events for a third day to focus on Hurricane Sandy, will make remarks on the tarmac at Austin Straubel International Airport near Green Bay on Thursday morning. The Obama and Romey campaigns are making last-ditch efforts to win Midwestern states. Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said he would shave his mustache of 40 years if Obama loses Minnesota, Michigan or Pennsylvania.

GOP vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan rallied 6,500 people at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International AIrport on Sunday, trying to steal a Minnesota win for the Romney-Ryan ticket from Democrats, who have long said the state was safe for President Obama. Meanwhile, former President Bill Clinton is expected back in Minnesota Sunday night for an appearance in St. Cloud.

Former President Bill Clinton will be at St. Cloud State University's Atwood Center Sunday on a campaign stop for President Barack Obama. Also scheduled to stop in Minnesota Sunday is Republican vice presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, who plans on holding a "victory rally" at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Despite heaps of praise from President Barack Obama for not laying off any of their 4,000 employees during the recession, Warroad, Minn.-based Marvin Windows and Doors endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at his running mate Paul Ryan's rally Sunday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport,

Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill Biden, is returning to Minnesota later this month. She campaigned on behalf of President Barack Obama in Minnesota in mid-September. Events aren't finalized but a Democratic official says Biden will campaign in Minneapolis and Duluth on Oct. 19 and Oct. 20. It would be Jill Biden's second campaign stop in Minnesota since Labor Day.

Fresh from their only debate of the campaign, in which Vice President Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., badgered each other for 90 minutes, the two candidates plan Dairy State stops. Biden will be in La Crosse Friday. Ryan is in Ohio Friday, but he'll speak at a fundraiser for Senate candidate Tommy Thompson Sunday, and plans a town-hall meeting Monday at Carroll University in Waukesha.

Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison tells MPR he's happy Mitt Romney chose Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan over former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as his presidential running mate. "Paul Ryan is much more upfront about what he believes in. I actually prefer Ryan. I think it allows us to make a clear argument," Ellison said.