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Cathy Wurzer
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Nov. 5 update on COVID-19 in MN: 3rd straight day of record new cases; 25 deaths

Nov. 5 update on COVID-19 in MN: 3rd straight day of record new cases; 25 deaths

The newest numbers come a day after Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm called the state’s current COVID-19 surge “disheartening and alarming” as she braced Minnesotans for more bad days ahead.
by MPR News Staff

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Wisconsin officials confident vote will stand up to recount

Wisconsin officials confident vote will stand up to recount

It’s unusual to overcome a deficit as large as the one President Donald Trump faces in a recount. It’s the latest twist in a critical battleground state that went from a messy April primary to a relatively smooth general election. Wisconsin officials say the recount in their state four years ago demonstrated the soundness of their system.
by Tom Scheck and Geoffrey Hing

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Camp Quarantine: 6 tips for forming your COVID-19 winter pod

Camp Quarantine: 6 tips for forming your COVID-19 winter pod

Experts say one strategy to get through these winter months is to form what’s known as a pod. But finding friends willing to join up with you, and who share your standards, is easier said than done.
by Britta Greene

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What democracy looks like: Election Day across Minnesota

What democracy looks like: Election Day across Minnesota

On Tuesday, thousands of voters took to polling places across Minnesota. All day long, MPR News reporters have talked to people around the state — people who are voting, people who have already voted, people who are working the polls and people who are opting out this year, whether by choice or by circumstance.
by Dan Gunderson, Dan Kraker, Kirsti Marohn, Catharine Richert, Hannah Yang and John Enger

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Biden wins Minnesota; GOP retains state Senate control

Biden wins Minnesota; GOP retains state Senate control

Democrat Joe Biden snagged Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes Tuesday in a win he badly needed as the national race for president tightened. Republicans retained power over the Minnesota Senate, with DFL control staying in the House, continuing the country’s only divided legislature.
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COVID-19 forces some poll workers home during Election Day, as others take their place

COVID-19 forces some poll workers home during Election Day, as others take their place

The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on almost every aspect of this year’s election — including who’s staffing polling places. Across the state, younger people are filling in for older election workers who are staying home because of the coronavirus.
by Dan Kraker and John Enger

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Minnesotans rally, vote, wait, worry in closing days of the campaign

Minnesotans rally, vote, wait, worry in closing days of the campaign

After months of presidential campaign attention, nonstop political advertising and weeks of early voting, the end is in sight: Election Day is Tuesday. We talked with Minnesota voters about how they’re feeling in the closing days of the campaign.
by Brian Bakst

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