The Winners:
Amy Klobuchar, senator for life or until she becomes president.
Tina Smith handily dispatched her newbie dem challenger.
Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan- Outperformed the polls by double digits on their way to a damn near double digit win.
Keith Ellison, getting darn near half the vote in a 5 way race everywhere, despite unsubstantiated domestic abuse charges against him.
Small “d” democrats- Taking back their party from the special interests that hacked the endorsement process.
Ms. Congeniality: The Erins, who despite name recognition that didn’t even span two counties won Minneapolis and St.Paul together on a shoe string budget. While some of your supporters became strident and downright overbearing, you were gracious in outperforming the original polls by over 20 points while relegating 3 time statewide winner Lori Swanson to 3rd place.
The losers:
The aforementioned Lori Swanson who probably ended her political career and maybe her legal career too by pressuring staffers in her Attorney Generals office to campaign for her.
The Minnesota DFL party leadership for probably blowing at least a six figure sum on hopeless “endorsed” statewide candidates while exiling any party leader who didn’t fall into line and support their “endorsed” candidates. With the primary over, are we allowed back in the party again?
Sassy Democrat 