DFLer Cole Birkeland flips the state House seat in District 41A
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With 100% of precincts reporting, according to the Associated Press, Democrat Cole Birkeland has unseated Republican state Rep. Wayne Johnson in Minnesota’s District 41A. Birkeland earned more than 54 percent of the vote, a more than 2,000-vote margin that far outmatches the 327-vote margin by which Johnson won the district in 2024.
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