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Minnesota

WhiskeyGrinder

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2. It's a divided district -- the northern half has a DFL rep, the southern had Rarick.

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Wed Feb 6, 2019, 03:25 PM

Feb 2019

Special election with super low turnout, so it's hard to draw larger conclusions. Rural Minnesota has certainly been giving the DFL problems lately, in general, and population shifts in the south have boosted Republican numbers in it.

In 2018, the SD split on the statewide races: Klobuchar, Smith, Walz, Wardlow and Stauber all won it. Trump won it in 2016.

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Stu Lourey (son of Tony, grandson of Becky) wins DFL primary [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 OP

And he lost. Sign of that region going red? question everything Feb 2019 #1

It's a divided district -- the northern half has a DFL rep, the southern had Rarick. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #2

The DFL always has lousy turn out for special elections. dflprincess Feb 2019 #3