Talking Points: Close races to watch ahead of Election Day
Republicans are surging to close the gaps in many state-wide races with Election Day less than a week away. Our political experts weigh-in on the key races to look out.
Esme Murphy, a reporter and Sunday morning anchor for WCCO-TV, has been a member of the WCCO-TV staff since December 1990. Born and raised in New York City, Esme ventured into reporting after graduating from Harvard University.
She started in Chattanooga at the CBS station, then ventured across Tennessee to Memphis to work for the ABC affiliate.
She jumped when she got the big call to come to WCCO and has never looked back.
She has won numerous awards during her career, including Associated Press First Place Awards for non-spot news reporting, feature reporting and investigative reporting.
In her spare time Esme often finds herself in the role of hockey mother of two.
Esme's husband, David Klopp, is the owner of a chain of furniture stores in the Twin Cities called Sofas and Chairs. Esme has even been known to deliver a sofa or two. (It's a small business.)
Esme loves her job and her family and if it weren't for her job she wouldn't have a family. That's right -- Esme met her husband when she interviewed him. David was working with a community group to help create the Cedar Lake Bicycle Trail. There were plans to turn the rail corridor into a condo development. David likes to say he not only got the bike trail -- he got the girl!
Esme has a wonderful husband and family. The Twin Cities and WCCO are definitely home.
In 2012, Esme was named "Best AM Radio Show Host in the Twin Cities" by the City Pages.
Republicans are surging to close the gaps in many state-wide races with Election Day less than a week away. Our political experts weigh-in on the key races to look out.
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Former President Donald Trump endorsed two Republican candidates in Minnesota Tuesday.
The midterm elections are just two weeks away. An average of recent polls shows a tightening race for Minnesota governor.
It's just two weeks until Election Day and polls are reflecting that the biggest races are tightening.
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