[From The Deer Stand]

The Liberals in Minnesota would vote for Charles Manson if he had a (D) behind his name.

[rhema]

Why did Dayton win? In a nutshell, the Peoples Republics of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth.

[Pioneer Press] “. . .While Republicans were retaking the House, Dayton defeated Republican challenger Jeff Johnson, 50-45 percent, by piling up huge vote margins in the state's three largest DFL strongholds: Hennepin, Ramsey and St. Louis counties.

"Johnson carried most of the state's suburban and rural counties, but Dayton beat him 63-22 percent in Ramsey County, 62-32 percent in St. Louis County and 59-36 percent in Hennepin. The governor won by 110,000 votes because he carried those three counties by 185,000 votes."