State Auditor Rebecca Otto campaigns for governor while fighting for the future of her office

State Auditor Rebecca Otto has crisscrossed Minnesota over the last seven months in pursuit of higher office, even as she defends the continued relevancy of the political post she’s held for nearly a dozen years.

It’s two campaigns at once for the energetic Otto, who’s one of a growing group of DFLers running for governor in 2018. At the same time, the three-term auditor continues to press her monthslong legal battle against a state law that privatized some of her office’s work. It’s propelled the usually low-profile Otto into a public — and costly — court struggle with state lawmakers and a handful of Minnesota counties.

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