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December 1, 2010

After GOP win in Legislature, Republicans, DFLers swap digs

Photos by Jeffrey Thompson
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For the first time in decades, Republicans will own the majority in the both the Minnesota House and Senate -- and with that shift in power comes a change in locations. Senate Republicans are moving from the cramped quarters of the State Office Building to State Capitol offices and Democrats are taking their place in the State Office Building. Members of the House are shifting floors in the State Office Building. The move continues through next week.

State Capitol moving

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Barrett Moving & Storage employee Brian Dickinson moves a couch at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Senate Majority Research office

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Workers pack boxes in the Senate Majority Research offices at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Senator Scheid in her new office

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St. Paul, MN, USA — With her daughter-in-law browsing old photos nearby, Sen. Linda Scheid, DFL-Brooklyn Park, settles into her new office at the State Office Building in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Looking at a Senate portrait

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Sen. Sandra Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, looks at a portrait of her fellow Senators before the move from her office at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Moving office supplies

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Barrett Moving & Storage employee Fermin Ramos, left, maneuvers a book shelf around co-worker Adam Flanders as he wheels a desk between the State Capitol and the State Office Building in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

State Office Building move

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Beth Kleinboehl, legislative assistant to Sen. David Senjem, R-Rochester, packs her desk at the State Office Building in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Senate name plates

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Old Senate name plates are packed in a box during the move at the State Capitol building in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Moving through the tunnel

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Barrett Moving & Storage employees move office supplies between the Minnesota State Capitol building and the State Office Building in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Examing his new office

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Sen.-elect John Harrington, DFL-St. Paul, checks out his new office in the State Office Building in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Sen. Hann planning the move

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Sen. David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, plans the move from his office in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Testing out new chairs

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Sen. Claire Robling, R-Jordan, tests out chairs as she settles into her new office at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Sen. Robling will be leading the Senate's charge of balancing the state's budget as the as the chair of the Senate Finance Committee. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

Arranging new offices

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Sen. Michelle Fischbach, R-Paynesville, chats with Sen. Claire Robling, R-Jordan, left, and legislative assistant Emily Boyer, at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

State Capitol moving

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St. Paul, MN, USA — Personal belongings wait to be moved into an office at the State Capitol Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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