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In this March 8, 2021, photo, sitting on her porch, in Mankato, Minn., Jaci Lageson explains why she supports compromises President Joe Biden made with conservative Democrats to win passage of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Biden carried Blue Earth County, Minnesota, where Republican Donald Trump won in part due to heavy support for the Democrat in Lageson's precinct in this small, Midwestern city. (AP Photo/Tom Beaumont)
Democrats finding support for Biden in small-city America

By Thomas Beaumont Mar. 13, 2021 07:41 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019 file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. Top prosecutors in the vast majority of Arizona counties are dropping all existing possession of marijuana cases even before a new voter-approved law eliminating criminal penalties for having small amounts of the drug takes effect when results of the Nov. 3, 2020 election are certified. An Associated Press survey of county attorneys received responses from 13 of 15 elected county attorneys, all of whom said they were either immediately dropping existing cases or in one case pausing prosecutions and planning to drop them when Proposition 207 goes into effect. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

By Matthew Daly Dec. 04, 2020 01:14 PM EST

Jasper County Republican Party chairman Thad Nearmyer stands on his farm, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, near Monroe, Iowa. "It's the Trump factor," Nearmyer said about how Democrats lost House seats. "People were super excited to vote for the president." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
How Democrats came up short in bid to expand House majority

By Will Weissert And Thomas Beaumont Nov. 23, 2020 12:07 AM EST

A voter leaves the Sauk Rapids Township Hall after casting a ballot Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, north of Sauk Rapids, Minn. (Dave Schwarz/St. Cloud Times via AP)
Election sets stage for more gridlock at Minnesota Capitol

By Steve Karnowski And Amy Forliti Nov. 04, 2020 04:18 PM EST

Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., speaks during a news conference about COVID-19, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Dems head toward House control, but GOP picks off seats

By Alan Fram And Matthew Daly Nov. 04, 2020 11:01 AM EST

FILE—Lauren Boebert, the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Colorado's vast 3rd Congressional District, during a freedom cruise staged by her supporters Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Pueblo West, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
House Latest: GOP’s Hinson ousts US Rep. Finkenauer in Iowa

Nov. 04, 2020 09:56 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2019, file photo, Republican U.S. House hopeful Yvette Herrell of New Mexico waits for a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., about a GOP challenge to the way the state is counting absentee ballots. Three Republican hopefuls seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small for a key southern New Mexico seat. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
House Latest: Okla. congresswoman Horn loses to GOP’s Bice

Nov. 03, 2020 06:16 PM EST

Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham speaks to the media and supporters during his election night gathering Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Charleston, S.C. Cunningham is running for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
Dems head toward House control, but lose incumbents to GOP

By Alan Fram And Matthew Daly Nov. 03, 2020 09:34 AM EST

Greg Janacek and Christina Janacek, of the Minneapolis suburb of Blaine, Minnesota, biked to Bridgewood Community Church to vote on Tuesday, Nov, 3, 2020. Greg Janacek said he voted for President Donald Trump, mostly over law and order issues and the economy, but his wife declined to say how she voted. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)
Biden wins Minnesota; Smith keeps Senate seat; Peterson out

By Steve Karnowski Nov. 02, 2020 11:43 PM EST

House Majority Whip James Clyburn, of S.C., shields his eyes from a television light to look at a reporter asking a question during a news conference with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., about COVID-19, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Democrats set to unveil stopgap bill to prevent shutdown

By Andrew Taylor Sep. 18, 2020 05:44 PM EDT

FILE - in this July 22, 2020 file photo, Antone Melton-Meaux, poses after an interview in his Minneapolis office. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
Omar tested in Minnesota; Smith, Lewis win Senate primaries

By Steve Karnowski And Mohamed Ibrahim Aug. 11, 2020 01:32 PM EDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Dems push campaign-season health care bill through House

By Alan Fram Jun. 29, 2020 12:08 PM EDT

FILE - This April 18, 2020, file photo, shows the JBS USA Pork Plant in Worthington, Minn. Officials estimate that about 700,000 pigs across the nation can't be processed each week and must euthanized. Most of the hogs are being killed at farms, but up to 13,000 a day also may be euthanized at the JBS pork plant in Worthington. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)
Healthy pigs being killed as meatpacking backlog hits farms

By David Pitt May. 01, 2020 10:31 AM EDT

Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, a worker wears a mask and face shield as she hands off meat products to a customer at a grocery store in Dallas, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Meatpackers welcome Trump order; others question virus risks

By Stephen Groves Apr. 29, 2020 06:06 PM EDT

CORRECTS PERSON AT LEFT TO UNIDENTIFIED, NOT LT. GOV. PEGGY FLANAGAN - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, second from right, greets Vice President Mike Pence with an elbow bump as he arrives for a visit to the Mayo Clinic Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Rochester, Minn., where he toured the facilities supporting COVID-19 research and treatment. Person at left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Walz to give details Thursday on next phase of stay-at-home

By Steve Karnowski Apr. 29, 2020 12:43 PM EDT