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Minnesota

dflprincess

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4. He ran for governor in 2010 & lost to Mark Dayton.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 4, 2023, 11:03 PM

Oct 2023

He lost by only 9,000 votes which caused an automatic recount (this is memorable as it was the first election after the Franken/Coleman recount).

The last time the Republicans have come anywhere close to winning a statewide race in Minnesota. Thanks to the Independence Party candidate (Tom Horner) who got around 12% both Emmer and Dayton got just over 43% each. (In 2014 Dayton got just over 50%).

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wasn't he governor once upon a time? rurallib Oct 2023 #1

No he wasn't. pazzyanne Oct 2023 #2

He ran for governor in 2010 & lost to Mark Dayton. dflprincess Oct 2023 #4

He is a monster. PlutosHeart Oct 2023 #3

Better than Jordan question everything Oct 2023 #5