Originally Posted by
Mantra
Minnesota is gonna be so hellish this election cycle.
Our governor, Mark Dayton, isn't seeking another term, so we'll be dealing with the battle for his seat. It makes me nervous, cause Dayton's actually been pretty good to us. I'm hoping that we'll manage to replace him with someone who's at least as good as him. Right now, he's the only thing stopping the dogshit Republicans in the state senate (who currently hold the majority by ONE seat) from defunding and totally ruining our whole state. On top of that we now have BOTH senator seats up for re-election after the Al Franken thing. Originally it was only going to be our other senator, Amy Kloubachar, who was up for re-election. Honestly, I think her seat is pretty safe. Franken's seat wasn't going to be up for reelection until 2020, but his resignation changed all that.
So yeah. The Governor's seat and BOTH senator seat are in play this November, and even though we tend to lean blue somewhat, we're definitely still a battleground state. You just know the GOP is salivating at the chance to flip our state Red like they did with Wisconsin. It's gonna get fucking ugly over here.