WASHINGTON -- Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan and his wife, Mary, posted a vide on Facebook Monday using well-worn quotes from famed poet and author Maya Angelou to wish his constituents a happy new year. Nolan won his seat in re-election last month by one percentage point. He represents the Eighth Congressional District, which spans from the northern Twin Cities exurbs all the way up to the Canadian border.
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