Davis and state Sen. Dick Day, his Republican opponent in the Sept. 9 primary election, were both in Mankato Tuesday. Both spoke to the leaders of the Minnesota Farm Bureau in the 1st District, seeking the organization’s endorsement.

Davis said Bureau officials indicated it was unlikely that an endorsement would come before the primary election.

Day, who also met with some local business owners, said he’s uncertain how his low-budget grassroots campaign is matching up with Davis, who has the voter lists and other organizational advantages that come with the party’s endorsement.

“I’m doing like I always do — run like I’m behind,” said Day, who has won six elections to the state senate, along with three others to the Owatonna City Council and Steele County Board.

From the DNC

Lori Sellner was the only area Democrat in Denver for the start of the convention, with Walz planning to attend only the final two days.

The speech by Sen. Ted Kennedy, who is a party icon but whose appearance at the DNC was in doubt because of a malignant brain tumor, was the highlight of the first night, Sellner said.

“We weren’t even sure he was going to be there,” Sellner said. “So when he came out, it was just electric.”

A Sleepy Eye resident and the chairwoman of the 1st District DFL, Sellner is anticipating a very long wait at the stadium tonight after the conclusion of Obama’s speech. It’s slow going even when exiting the basketball arena that served as the convention’s home for the first three nights.

“I’m still wondering about Invesco, getting 75,000 people in and out,” she said.