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With Collin Peterson's defeat, a longtime DFL stronghold shifts into GOP hands

After years of declining victory margins, Rep. Peterson fell to GOP challenger Michelle Fischbach, flipping a longtime DFL district in Republican favor.

By Jeff Hargarten

November 19, 2020 at 7:32PM
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Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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