Despite the money spent, Minnesota held on
to two congressional seats that were heavily targeted by the GOP money machine. Rick Nolan in CD8 was re-elected over challenger Stewart Mills by a scant 2% margin. It was close, but much money was spent to flip that district. Also, in CD7, Collin Peterson won re-election over Republican Torrey Westrom with 54% of the vote.
Of course, Senator Al Franken and Governor Mark Dayton both won their races, with substantial margins. Again, GOP money was spent on those two races, but not with the dedication seen in the Congressional races.
On the downside, the Minnesota's House ended up with a small Republican majority, which may make some legislation more difficult to pass in the next two years. Michele Bachmann's old district, CD6, too, was won by a Republican, Tom Emmer, who faced a less than stellar Democratic opponent who had little money to spend.
In my own area, CD4 was won by Betty McCollum and our neighbor to the West, re-elected Keith Ellison. Both won their races with large margins, as expected. We also elected a full slate of Democrats in my districts to the state legislature, and elected every DFL-endorsed candidate to the other state offices.
That's what happened in Minnesota.
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