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Minnesota wins census sweepstakes by just 8,739 people; Gets to keep eight congressional districts.

Seeded on Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:25 PM EST (MinnPost)

Barely — just barely — Minnesota is a winner in the 2010 Census results released Tuesday. But barely is good enough in this contest with enormous political stakes. The state gets to keep its eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

politics, redistricting, keith-ellison, minnesota-politics, michelle-bachman, census-bureau-s, upper-midwestern

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