Dear Minnesota GOP, Your plates of crow are ready! Best, Retiring Guy

 

Headlines top to bottom:  NBC News, Minneapolis Times, 

Minnesota Star Tribune

Amy Frederiksen opines:

Yet Republicans who once warned against tariffs now defend them. Those who championed strong alliances now excuse attacks on our allies. Those who demanded fiscal restraint excuse spending they once would have condemned. And those who insisted on constitutional limits too often look away when presidential power goes unchecked. These aren’t minor policy adjustments. They’re fundamental contradictions. 

Donald Trump didn’t force every Republican to abandon those principles. Too many elected officials made that choice themselves, often knowing better. And that’s the part that should trouble us most. Leadership isn’t demonstrated by how enthusiastically you defend your president. It’s demonstrated by whether you’re willing to challenge him when he’s wrong.

Both Democratic candidates for statewide office won by double-digit margins.

New York Times

And Minnesota Republicans might lose their only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.  in 2024, GOP incumbent Brad Finstad defeated his Democratic opponent by 17 percentage points! 

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Flipping the House and flipping off Trump: Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett defeats GOP invisible man Thomas Kean Jr. in New Jersey 7th congressional district

The fourth of 4 in Pennsylvania.  From a 1.2-point deficit to a 10-point win!  Finally -- major-league Trump sycophant Scott Perry goes down.

Election results:  Ballotpedia, New York Times

Headline:  Independent, 11/3/2026

Riley Hoffman reports:

Bennett, a former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, successfully flipped the Republican-held seat by focusing on widespread voter discontent over rising prices, urging an immediate end to the Iran war, and calling on Congress to rein in President Donald Trump’s import tariffs. 

The district, which includes President Donald Trump's Bedminster golf club, has proven politically volatile, changing party hands in each of the last two midterm elections.

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Flipping the House and flipping off Trump: Democratic challenger Janelle Stelson defeats 4-term Republican incumbent Scott Perry in Pennsylvania 10th congressional district

 

The fourth of 4 in Pennsylvania.  From a 1.2-point deficit to a 10-point win!  Finally -- major-league Trump sycophant Scott Perry goes down.

Election results:  Ballotpedia, New York Times

Headline:  Pennsylvania Capital-Star, 11/3/2026

Ian Karbal reports:

The race was a rematch. Stelson unsuccessfully challenged Perry in 2024, losing by roughly 5,100 votes, or just over 1% of the vote. But Democrats were hopeful that, in a year where political tailwinds appeared to be on their side, she could overcome that hurdle in this year. 

“Our campaign has never been about a single party,” Stelson told a crowd of supporters in Hummelstown after her race was called. “It’s been about listening, it’s been about decency, it’s been about common sense.” 

Stelson’s win is part of a Democratic wave that flipped the commonwealth’s U.S. House delegation by four seats — from 10-7 in favor of the GOP to a Democratic majority that will be 11-6.

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