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Brett Neely

The Daily Digest: The status quo (mostly) won in Minnesota

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I hope you didn't stay up too late last night, unlike a certain politics team that will remain unnamed...

In Minnesota

Demcorats swept the statewide races but Republicans won control of the state House.

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton secured another four year term over Republican Jeff Johnson, the first time a DFL governor has won re-election since 1986. (MPR News)

DFL Sen. Al Franken cruised to victory over Republican Mike McFadden. (MPR News)

DFL candidates also won all of the other statewide constitutional offices. (MPR News)

The Independence Party didn't get five percent in any statewide race so it loses its ballot line and access to state subsidies in the next election.

Republicans won control of the state House. (MPR News)

Despite stiff challengers, Democrats in the 7th and 8th Congressional District survived, which means all of the members of the congressional delegation who were up for re-election won another term. (MPR News)

National Politics

It's a totally different story at the national level. Republicans won at least seven Senate seats to win control of that chamber. They also won 13 House seats, giving Republicans their biggest majority in that body since World War Two. (Washington Post)

Republicans also did well at the gubernatorial level - winning control in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts while losing Pennsylvania. Potentially endangered GOP governors such as Scott Walker in Wisconsin, Rick Scott in Florida and Sam Brownback in Kansas, all won another term.

Despite the Republican victories, voters in four states approved increases in their states minimum wage. (Politico)

President Obama's last two years in office are likely to be rough. (New York Times)

The big conclusion to draw from last night: voters are disgruntled. (Washington Post)