Welp, once again MN Republicans are Charlie Brown to statewide victories' yanked away football.
Oh sure, we got close to picking off a statewide race. Attorney General Keith Ellison barely survived Jim Schultz, winning by 0.84%. In the Auditor's race, incumbent Julie Blaha bested Ryan Wilson by a miniscule 0.34%, which will trigger an automatic recount. However, since the margin of victory was about 8,400 votes, I don't suspect Blaha's victory will be overturned.
Even worse news is the DFL will have complete control of state government the next two legislative sessions. In addition to Gov. Tim Walz handily winning reelection, the DFL will hang onto the House with at least 69 members (they had 70 going in) whereas the Senate flipped to the Dems by a razor thin 34-33 margin. And if you want a clue as to what the DFL has planned as soon as they take complete control, here's a quote from House Speaker Melissa Hortman late Tuesday evening.
"This is a total and complete win," Hortman says.
— Brian Bakst (@Stowydad) November 9, 2022
She says public schools, health care, gun violence and climate concerns will be issues they'll focus on in #mnleg pic.twitter.com/3yf2egqFGB
As my friend and NARN colleague Jack Tomczak said on Facebook Monday morning, "Upside to the DFL having total control: We are finally going to get a dollar amount for “fully funded.”"
I also texted Rob Doar, Political Director of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, asking him if any of the new 34 DFL Senators got passing grades on their candidate surveys. His reply? "Nope."
Are you happy about the prospects of paying for the DFL version of a "better Minnesota?" Because you're going to, regardless.
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