 Well, with early voting now underway, candidates running in this November's election are out in force. Democratic Eighth Congressional candidate Joe Rodinovic made a campaign stop in Bemidji earlier today. Rodinovic faces off against Republican Pete Stauber. Campaign ads recently released have targeted the Democrats' Democratic candidates' past. Rodinovic says these ads are a result of outside money flooding into the campaign. I think that what we're seeing is the impact, obviously, of a political system run out of control. There's millions of dollars that are flooding into this district from outside groups that are uncountable to voters here. And they're running ads that were characterized as mostly false by fact-checkers, but there is some truth in those, Josh, and the truth is that, you know, I went through some pretty tough times in my life. My life has been marked by some real highs and lows, and along the way I've enjoyed successes and I've made mistakes, but I take responsibility for those mistakes. The campaign ads directed at Rodinovic targeted past parking and traffic violations by Rodinovic and his failure to pay some of the fines at that time. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.