A blue wave and Republican shutout: Takeaways from Minnesota’s election
Minnesota Republicans spent the year arguing Democrats could no longer be trusted to run state government. They had a sprawling fraud scandal to run against, a spending advantage and an opening to end two decades of statewide losses.
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Voters handed Democrats a decisive sweep instead.
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Reporting by Briana Bierschbach. Photos, videos and graphics by Amanada Anderson, Sofia Barnett, Jeff Wheeler, Aaron Lavinsky, Dilan Parekh and Rich Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
