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Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar was elected Minnesota governor on Tuesday, defeating Republican state House Speaker Lisa Demuth in a race shaped by a widespread fraud scandal in state government. Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday in another victory for an insurgent progressive over the party's establishment.

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00:00We can now say there are two Minnesota races have been determined by the Associated Press.
00:07Democrat Peggy Flanagan has won election to the U.S. Senate from the state of Minnesota,
00:13and also Democrat Amy Klobuchar has won the election for governor in the state of Minnesota.
00:21Even before midnight on Election Day, Democrats already have control of the United States Senate.
00:27They managed to flip five Republican seats, including the marquee races in Texas and in Ohio.
00:34Texas had not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988.
00:39James Tallarico beat Ken Paxton by 19 percentage points.
00:44Sherrod Brown won in Ohio.
00:47Darlene Graham lost in South Carolina after President Trump recruited her to replace her late brother.
00:53Democrat Roy Cooper won in North Carolina.
00:56John Ossoff managed to hang on in Georgia.
00:59That is what got the day off to a start.
01:01But in two more stunning losses, Kansas and Iowa, places Democrats simply do not win Senate seats.
01:09They won in both and now hold the United States Senate majority.
01:13Bernie Barrack J.
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