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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://x.com/NickMinock/status/1820950859338899845[/twitter]

I worked as a journalist in Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota.  I lived in Minnesota for almost ten years (mostly in rural MN).

The political shift in rural Minnesota has been interesting to watch.

In 2022, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz lost the congressional district he use to  represent in Southern Minnesota by almost 8 points.

Northeastern Minnesota, which includes  Iron Range communities, has been trending more Republican since 2010.  There are a lot of pro labor, pro mining Democrats in that area of the state who are now voting Republican.

Carlton County (which is the gateway to the Iron Range) was a solidly blue rural county.  In 2008, 75% of Carlton County voters cast their ballots for Rep. James Oberstar (D).  In 2022, 51.5% of Carlton County voters cast their ballots for Republican Rep. 
@PeteStauber

In 2020, longtime Iron Range DFL (Democratic) State Senators Tom Bakk and David Tomassoni quit the DFL party and became independents while they were in office.  Bakk was the DFL Majority Leader of the Minnesota State Senate and Tomassoni was the DFL President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate.

In 2022, Republicans picked up State Senate and State House seats on the Iron Range, the first time since President Hoover, as Aaron Brown writes: https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/11/11/iron-range-seething-at-the-twin-cities-continues-right-turn/[/quote]

I grew up on the Iron Range. The shift has been like West Virgina, although much less extreme, in the sense that the iron mining industry, which peaked in the 60s-70s was impacted by a lot of global changes, from oil prices (and big American cars) in the 70s to Brazilian steel imports in the 80s. That's the reason for the shift. [/quote]

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