Minnesota
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(19,339 posts)glinda
(14,807 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)1.38%
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)With some disgruntled anti-mining types not voting or voting for Sandman, I'll take it.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)voted in this election. That's down from the expected 55% to 60%.
I wonder if Mills will run again?
glinda
(14,807 posts)be coached and trained and put out here. Of course he will. He is a puppet.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)I would be surprised if Mills runs again.
glinda
(14,807 posts)I met some of them. I heard what they were angry about. I get it. I am against Polymet, wolf kills, bear baiting, you name it...
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)as long as you never complain about nuisance bears.
Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)Little Stewie had a hard time fighting against two liberals.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)interesting.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I raced to my polling place after work, just praying that the vote would come through for Nolan.
I'm in a tiny, totally rural precinct, with just 146 registered voters. 98 people voted there yesterday: 56 for Nolan, 33 for Mills (assholes!), and 9 for Sandman.
My precinct includes an Ojibwe reservation, who are generally faithful DFL voters. I imagine it was the white farmers in the area who voted Republican. And maybe a few of the Rez folks voted for Sandman, since he's a Fond du Lac Ojibwe. I don't blame them for that. I got to know him many years ago, and he's a respected traditional healer. I would have liked to been able to vote for him, too, except I knew Nolan needed every vote he could get, and I wasn't going to help that fuckwad Mills grab that House seat.
I am so very glad that Nolan got re-elected!
Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)I think his message would be popular across the country. A real fighting Dem. Why didn't they use this video in his campaign:
glinda
(14,807 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)RETIRE ALREADY, you Big Ag tool!
jwirr
(39,215 posts)progree
(10,918 posts)from 73-61 Dems-Repubs in the 2012 election to 72-62 Repubs-Dems in the 2014 election.
http://www.minnpost.com/data/2014/11/gop-house-candidates-swept-rural-minnesota-does-mean-voters-there-are-universally-repub
So overall, we shifted from blue to somewhat less blue, but still blue. I'm sure glad the state Senate wasn't up for election -- they are up for election in years ending in 0, 2, and 6. Meaning their next 2 elections are in 2016 and 2020 -- both presidential election years, which is good for turnout. It's after that -- 2022 and 2026 and 2030 -- that are problematical -- 3 "midterm" election years in a row, ouch.