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Republicans running the table in MN House as Emmer trails

Posted at 11:39 PM on November 2, 2010 by Paul Tosto
Filed under: Campaign 2010: Minnesota Governor, MN Legislature

Things are winding down now. Thanks to the Humphrey Institute's Larry Jacobs for his insight.

He took one more run through the data and leaves us with these few key thoughts:

-- Republican Tom Emmer so far is trailing Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty's 2006 share of the vote while Independence Party candidate Tom Horner is running ahead of Peter Hutchinson, the Independence Party candidate from 2006.

-- So far, Republicans are running the table in State House races.

"This would suggest that voters are splitting their ballots -- casting votes for Horner as governor and then casting ballot for Republican for State House," says Jacobs.

Check in Wednesday morning to see if that holds.

The last time the Democrats controlled the governor's office and the GOP held at least one chamber was 1985-1986, notes Jacobs. Rudy Perpich was governor, the Senate was DFL and House was Republican.
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