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Mr. Hansen quite clearly was referring to all Minnesotans when he used "we"--not just people who voted in a local election in Northeastern Minnesota. It's impossible to tell from the comment what local election it was that the "liberal" polls supposedly misread so badly. One local election that was significant however was the 2018 Congressional election, when Trump acolyte and mining industry mouthpiece Pete Stauber won the 8th District U.S. House election over Joe Radinovich of the DFL. The 8th is a big district, and in addition to the Arrowhead it includes a vast area south of Duluth all the way to the edge of the Twin Cities. In that southern portion of the district typical Republican issues, not mining, were in the forefront. In that 2018 race, significant smoking was done by the people of St. Louis County, who know Pete best--in St. Louis County, the vote was Radinovich 57,108--Stauber 38,496. Stauber lost Lake and Cook Counties by big margins also--it was nearly 2-to-1 in Cook County. Want to get more local? Here are the official votes in Ely and surrounding townships: Ely (Radinovich 828, Stauber 820); Morse (Radinovich 404, Stauber 382); Fall Lake (Radinovich 236, Stauber 194); Eagle's Nest (Radinovich 86, Stauber 80). Since that election, the world has changed dramatically, and who knows for sure what will drive votes this year? But I am confident in saying that in November 2018 the local "we" in Northeastern Minnesota were saying emphatically that they did not want to place the public's lands and waters, and the economic future of the area, in the hands of corrupt foreign companies. "We" do not support sulfide-ore copper mining in Northeastern Minnesota.

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