Well, it's not quite the blues song that they can sing in Illinois, but I'm happy to report that Minnesota trended blue this year. Amy Klobuchar destroyed Mark Kennedy for the open U.S. Senate seat, most importantly. At this hour, Democrat Mike Hatch is in a dead heat with Republican Tim Pawlenty, so it's even money that we'll have a Democratic governor for the first time in a while.
Dems swept the other state offices, including secretary of state, which will matter in two years, when the GOP gears up for another season o' voter suppression. And while my current U.S. House district will continue to be represented by Republican John Kline (who demolished Coleen Rowley), my former district is sending Keith Ellison to Congress, the first Muslim elected to a national office, and at least I don't have to suffer Michelle Bachmann as my Congresswoman: she's my early choice for wingnuttiest rep in the next House.
Alas, I can't stay up later to see what happens with the governor, even though it appears that the purple district around Rochester is yet to report. Crossing my fingers and going to bed...