Minnesota will make history with the state’s first woman governor. Why has it taken so long?

For decades, Minnesota women have gotten close to the governor’s office. In January, one will finally take the oath.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth won their parties’ gubernatorial primaries Tuesday, creating the first all-woman major-party race for governor in Minnesota history.

Senior politics writer Briana Bierschbach takes a look at why the milestone has repeatedly eluded women in a state where they have held nearly every other prominent political office.

Photos: Jerry Holt, Aaron Lavinsky, Glen Stubbe, Renée Jones Schneider, Justin Enriquez, Richard Tsong-Taatarii and staff/The Minnesota Star Tribune.