Why you're hearing so much about Minnesota's congressional races this fall

With four of its eight congressional races rated as tossups, Minnesota is poised to have an outsized impact in determining control of Congress.

September 27, 2018 at 2:03PM
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Jeff Hargarten

Data Journalist

Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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Chase Davis

Senior Digital Editor

Chase Davis is a senior digital editor at the Minnesota Star Tribune. He previously worked as editor of the Interactive News desk at the New York Times and has worked as an investigative and data reporter in California, Iowa and Texas.

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