Vice President Joe Biden will campaign in Minneapolis and Rochester on Tuesday, and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be in the Lake Minnetonka area for a fundraiser on Thursday. Larry Jacobs of the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute says Minnesota is still likely to go for Obama-Biden, and it is not a toss-up state at the moment, although Minnesota GOP chairman Pat Shortridge disagrees.

Vice President Joe Biden will reportedly visit the Twin Cities next Tuesday, two days ahead of Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney's planned fundraiser in the state on Thursday. Two people with knowledge of the visit tell MPR that Biden will hold a campaign rally in Minneapolis over the noon hour, and another in Rochester in the afternoon.

Vice President Joe Biden, appearing at a campaign stop in Minneapolis on Tuesday, said the economy is turning around for the nation's middle class, and he slammed the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan ticket. Biden also stopped by South High School in Minneapolis to give the football players a pep talk. He later told a Rochester crowd that he was sad to miss a Bob Dylan concert Tuesday night.

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul spoke at a Rochester high school Saturday. He also attended an afternoon rally in Chanhassen. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum will make campaign stops in Eden Prairie and Bemidji on Sunday. Paul will visit Minnesota again on Monday. Minnesota's caucus takes place on Tuesday.

Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, is expected to make a campaign stop in Minneapolis on Friday. Specific details of the event were not released. Biden, a community college teacher, will likely discuss issues surrounding education and college affordability.

The Vice President will be in Minnesota to help Sen. Amy Klobuchar raise money for her re-election campaign. Guests invited to the private fundraiser at the Hilton Hotel are being asked to donate up to $25,000 each.

Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, took time during Saturday's campaign stop in Duluth to honor the legacy of Sen. Paul Wellstone and his wife, Sheila, who died in a plane crash with their daughter, Marcia, and five others 10 years ago this week.

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.