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Once Unthinkable, Minnesota Turning into Red State?

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by InTheLight, Nov 18, 2018.

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  1. InTheLight

    InTheLight Well-Known Member
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    The statewide midterm elections were not kind to the GOP in Minnesota this month, but take a look at the map of the last three presidential elections.

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    That little blue island in SE Minnesota is the county that contains Rochester, MN, home of the Mayo Clinic and third largest city.

    Minnesota has not gone Republican for president since Nixon in 1972 and it was famously the only state that Mondale (favorite son) carried in 1984.

    But it's becoming Trump country.

    Will Minnesota be a tossup state in 2020 elections?
     
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    Doesn't look like it now. BOTH U.S. Senate seats and 5/8 House elections went for the Democrats in the 2018 elections.
    Minnesota Election Results

    Minnesota Election Results

    Few states have more at stake in this election than Minnesota, where two Senate seats and the governorship are on the ballot, along with congressional races where both parties see opportunities to make gains.

    U.S. Senate
    Candidate Party Votes Pct.
    Amy Klobuchar* Democrat 1,566,101 60.3%
    Jim Newberger Republican 940,487 36.2
    Dennis Schuller Independent 66,270 2.6
    Paula Overby Green 23,155 0.9
    2,596,013 votes, 100% reporting (4,113 of 4,113 precincts)

    * Incumbent

    U.S. Senate Special Election
    Candidate Party Votes Pct.
    Tina Smith* Democrat 1,370,430 53.0%
    Karin Housley Republican 1,095,827 42.4
    Sarah Wellington Independent 95,642 3.7
    Jerry Trooien Independent 24,370 0.9
    2,586,269 votes, 100% reporting (4,113 of 4,113 precincts)

    U.S. House
    Dem. 5 won
    Rep. 3 won
    District Candidate Rpt.
    1 50%Hagedorn REP. 50%Feehan DEM. 100%
    2 53%Craig DEM. 47%Lewis* REP. 100%
    3 56%Phillips DEM. 44%Paulsen* REP. 100%
    4 66%McCollum* DEM. 30%Ryan REP. 100%
    5 78%Omar DEM. 22%Zielinski REP. 100%
    6 61%Emmer* REP. 39%Todd DEM. 100%
    7 52%Peterson* DEM. 48%Hughes REP. 100%
    8 51%Stauber REP. 45%Radinovich DEM. 100%
    * Incumbent

    See Full House Results
     
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  3. InTheLight

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    Duh. Please re-read the first sentence of my original post.
     
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    In other Minnesota news, the governor was hospitalized for a month. Virtually no one knew this and he was not missed.

    Gov. Mark Dayton has been hospitalized for a month
    Still at Mayo after surgery on his back, he hopes to be home by Thanksgiving.

    Gov. Mark Dayton has been hospitalized for a month
     
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    Governor Dayton had to be carried/dragged out of his State of the State address before the legislature last year:

     
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    Then the title of the article is not just misleading, it is wrong. DUUUh.
     
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    I wonder who controlled the Minnesota state legislature, both House and Senate from 2013 to 2015?
    Democrats.

    I wonder who controlled the Minnesota state legislature, the House, from 2015 to 2017? Republicans.

    I wonder who controlled the Minnesota state legislature, both House and Senate from 2017 to 2019?
    Republicans.

    Noticing a trend?

    After the recent midterms there is only one state in the United States that has a split legislature. Google it and let me know which one it is.
     
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    Jesse Ventura visits governor-elect Tim Walz and has some advice about legalizing marijuana.



    (satire)
     
    #8 InTheLight, Nov 18, 2018
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