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dflprincess

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3. The DFL always has lousy turn out for special elections.

Reply to question everything (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 6, 2019, 10:09 PM

Feb 2019

There was one in my House district 5 years ago (or so). The DFL rep had resigned and the Republican won the district. Latter than year in the scheduled general election the same two candidates ran and the DFLer took the seat back. Strangely enough in last fall's election it was the same match up again (maybe the Republicans couldn't find a new candidate) and the DFLer won with an even bigger margin this time.

And, the weather wasn't so great yesterday.

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Stu Lourey (son of Tony, grandson of Becky) wins DFL primary [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 OP

And he lost. Sign of that region going red? question everything Feb 2019 #1

It's a divided district -- the northern half has a DFL rep, the southern had Rarick. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #2

The DFL always has lousy turn out for special elections. dflprincess Feb 2019 #3