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The new Minnnesota House, by the numbers

Posted at 12:46 PM on November 8, 2012 by Tim Nelson
Filed under: Campaign 2012: Minn. House Races

The DFL House caucus is meeting tonight to elect their leadership. Here's a comparison of how they did at the polls on Tuesday. First up: a look at the percent of the vote they got in their election, with the majority caucus on top:

(You may notice some winners racked up less than 50 percent. That's because of third party candidates and write-in votes in the races.)

And here's a look at the rank by vote total:

November 2012
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