Minnesota Republican Quits Governor Race, Says GOP Can’t Win (1)

Chris Madel, a Republican running for governor of Minnesota, is dropping out of the race, saying the GOP can’t win and calling the federal immigration crackdown that left a second person dead in Minneapolis over the weekend “an unmitigated disaster.”

“I cannot support the national Republican stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so,” Madel said in a video posted Monday on social media.

Madel’s withdrawal adds to the bipartisan backlash over the Jan. 24 killing by a federal agent of Alex Pretti, an ICU ...