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        <title>Campaign 2006 from Minnesota Public Radio</title>
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        <description>Minnesota Public Radio coverage of Campaign 2006</description>
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			<title>What happened to Mike Hatch?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A Democratic wave sweeps Republicans out of power on Capitol Hill, a DFL Senate candidate  obliterates her opposition, and the DFL rolls to a majority in the Minnesota House. Why wasn&#039;t Mike Hatch included in the pro-Democrat wave?]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/hatchdayaafter/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:44:21 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Klobuchar races to easy victory in Senate race</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Democrat Amy Klobuchar sailed to an easy victory in the U.S. Senate race Tuesday, capitalizing on voter anger over the Iraq war to become Minnesota&#039;s first elected female senator.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/07/kloken/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Ellison, Walz grab seats; Bachmann holds 6th for GOP</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Democrat Keith Ellison was elected as the nation&#039;s first Muslim member of Congress on Tuesday, easily winning a Minneapolis-area district Republicans had not carried since 1962. He is also Minnesota&#039;s first nonwhite representative in Washington.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/07/mncong/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:43:55 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Minnesota Legislature swings to DFL</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Democrats picked up 19 seats in the Minnesota House to take a large majority over Republicans. In the Senate, Majority Leader Dean Johnson, the top DFLer, lost his seat by a narrow margin.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/legis/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:51:29 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Oberstar takes charge</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Minnesota 8th District Congressman Jim Oberstar is about to become really important in the transportation world.  As the ranking Democrat, Oberstar is expected to become chair of  the powerful House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in January.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/oberstartransport/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:01:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>School districts tally referendum results</title>
			<description><![CDATA[School districts asking for more money from residents didn&#039;t fare well last night.  Operating levy referendums passed in only 29 school districts but 69 districts were looking to increase taxes to generate more money.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/schoollevies/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Bush reacts to Republicans&#039; congressional losses</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Republicans have lost control of the U.S. House and could lose the Senate, too, if Democrats win races still pending in Virginia and Montana. President Bush holds a news conference Wednesday to explain how the radically different political landscape will affect his last two years in office.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/midday2/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Election 2006: What did it all mean?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[DFLers won Minnesota&#039;s open U.S. Senate seat, but came up short in the governor&#039;s race. Democrats picked off 1st District U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht, took the Minnesota House and made gains in the state Senate. But DFL Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson narrowly lost his seat in the Legislature.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/midday1/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Analyzing the statewide results</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Democrats did well in Minnesota on Election Day, but Republicans held on to the governor&#039;s office and a high profile congressional district. Political scientist Chris Gilbert of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter analyzes the results.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/gilbert/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:21:57 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Collin Peterson to head up House Ag Committee</title>
			<description><![CDATA[As a result of the Democrats&#039; taking control of the U.S. House, Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, a DFLer from the 7th District, is in line to become chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.  He spoke with MPR&#039;s Cathy Wurzer.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/peterson/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:13:56 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Rules for recounts</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Several races in Minnesota came down to the wire, and were settled by a relative handful of votes. It&#039;s possible some will be subject to a recount. Minnesota Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer talks about the recount process.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/recount/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:06:43 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>South Dakotans reject abortion ban</title>
			<description><![CDATA[In a vote that attracted national attention, South Dakotans rejected a state law that banned nearly all abortions. 56 percent of the voters rejected the ban.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/sdabortion/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:06:29 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Minnesotans vote &#039;yes&#039; on transportation amendment</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Minnesota voters locked state government into
spending more money on roads and public transit, approving an
amendment to the state constitution that&#039;s expected to funnel an
extra $300 million a year into transportation projects.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/transpo/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:03:55 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Bachmann retains 6th District seat for GOP</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Bachmann defeated Democrat Patty Wetterling in a hard-fought contest that will go down as the state&#039;s most expensive U.S. House race.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/6dist/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:04:57 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Walz wins in 1st District</title>
			<description><![CDATA[In one of the state&#039;s biggest election upsets, Minnesota&#039;s 1st Congressional District has gone democratic. First-time candidate Tim Walz won the race with 53 percent of the vote, defeating Republican six-term incumbent Gil Gutknecht.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/11/08/1dist/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:57:31 -0600</pubDate>
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