AND MARK HORTMAN AND THE WORK THEY DID.

>> LAWMAKERS HAVE ELECTED THEIR LEADERSHIP AFTER DEMOCRATS AGAIN TOOK ALL THE STATEWIDE AUFRPSS AND COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CAPITOL.

BEFORE WE CHAT WITH A DUO OF REPUBLICANS, HERE IS A LOOK AT HOW DEMOCRATS DOMINATED.

>> AS RETURNS FROM STATE AFTER STATE CAME IN, A BLUE WAVE REACHED MINNESOTA MAKING HISTORY.

>> THANKS TO YOU THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>> AFTER MONTHS OF ACTION.

>> YOU CAN'T BUY A SEAT WHEN THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA VOTE AND WHEN THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA VOW UP.

AS YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR, I WILL WORK MY HEART OUT FOR YOU.

I PROMISE THAT.

I WILL BE A TRANSFORMATIVE GOVERNOR FOR THIS STATE.

>> KLOBUCHAR SAYS IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A GUN SAFETY BILL THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AS GOVERNOR WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES AT THE CAPITOL.

>> WE WON THIS ELECTION!

WE EARNED IT!

MINNESOTANS ARE VERY CLEAR.

THEY'RE VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE COST OF THEIR LIVES AND HEY WANT CHANGE AND WE'RE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE SENATE, THE DEMOCRATS WHO WILL DELIVER ON THAT CHANGE.

>> WELL, FRIENDS, SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, MELISSA HORTMAN HAS A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE BECAUSE THE HOUSE DFL IS BACK IN THE MAJORITY.

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU MELISSA!

BUT THIS ONE'S OR EVERY SINGLE MINNESOTAN WHO IS HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING THE RENT AND PAYING FOR THE DRUGS THEY NEED TO LIVE.

THE HOUSE DFL WILL FIGHT FOR YOU.

>> YOU JUST BEAT DONALD TRUMP AGAIN!

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

AMERICA DID TOO.

FLANAGAN CONTINUED TO SURGE PAST EXPECTATIONS EARNING A SEAT FOR A WOMAN.

>> YOU SAID NO MORE MASKED GOONS SHOOTING OUR NEIGHBORS AND HER TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES.

YOU SAID NO MORE BALLROOMS, BOMBS, OR TAX BREAKS FOR BILLIONAIRES.

THE GRIFT STOPS NOW!

AND THE TAKING BACK OUR COUNTRY FROM THE GRIFT OF THE MOST CORRUPT ADD MIN MOST CORRUPT ADD MMINISTRATION N OUR NATION'S HISTORY STARTS TONIGHT.

ALL ACROSS THE STATE AND ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

>> IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WAS THE ISSUE THAT PROPELLED THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S CAMPAIGN AS SHE PROMISES PROGRESSIVE CHANGE.

>> WE WILL RIP I.C.E.

APART!

>> DEMOCRATS AGAIN DOMINATED THE STATEWIDE RACES WINNING MORE THAN ONE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE AND RETURNING TWO TO THEIR PREVIOUS POSTS.

>> MINNESOTANS, ALL ACROSS THE STATE STOOD UP AND REJECTED THE POLITICS OF FEAR, DIVISION, AND HATE!

DONALD TRUMP LITERALLY DEMANDED THAT WE TURN ON EACH OTHER.

BUT WE REFUSED.

HE DEMANDED THAT WE TURN ON OUR SOMALI NEIGHBORS AND WE SAID O WAY, NEVER!

>> MINNESOTANS SAID TO WASHINGTON DC, HANDS OFF OUR STATE AND HANDS OFF OUR DEMOCRACY!

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING AS YOUR NEXT STATE AUDITOR.

>> REPUBLICANS WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE STATE.

>> THE RESULTS WERE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WANTED, BUT YET ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER, CROSSING THE STATE, BRINGING A MESSAGE OF HOPE, AND CHANGE, IS STILL OUT THERE.

>> I THINK WE HAVE TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY, NUMBER ONE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT TOO.

>> TAKE CARE OF OUR FELLOW MAN.

>> IN THE LEGISLATURE A DFL TRIFECTA IS BACK AFTER DEMOCRATS FLIPPED RACE TO WATCH SEATS.

>> I HAD TO SAY I WAS PLANNING ON WINNING THE SEAT FROM THE BEGINNING.

I KNEW THIS IS THE YEAR TO DO IT.

I KNOW THE AREA IS CHANGING IN SOME WAYS.

NATIONAL POLITICS CAST A LONG SHADOW.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, POLITICAL SEASON.

>> DEMOCRATS IN HASTINGS, LYE >> DEMOCRATS IN HASTINGS, LAND ST.

CLOUD.

>> FIRST DEMOCRAT GOING BACK SINCE TIM WALZ HELD THE SEAT.

>> IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A BIG NIGHT.

BOTH NATIONALLY AND IN MINNESOTA.

>> AND THE GOVERNOR ELECT IS ALREADY TRANSITIONS FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO HER STATE AGENDA.

>> HOW DO YOU SEE THIS EFFORT COORDINATING AND YOUR DESIRE TO WORK WITH BUSINESS WITH NOW A DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE THAT MIGHT BE A VERY PROGRESSIVE -- AND THESE ARE SOME MORE MODERATE CONCEPTS, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT COLLIDING OR COORDINATING.

>> YES, HERE ARE OF COURSE PROGRESSIVES ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.

THERE WAS A NUMBER OF MODERATES THAT GOT ELECTED LAST NIGHT LIKE JIM DE MAY AND JEN FOX.

YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE WITH DI