Could Minnesota Senate go Republican? A few districts are key

Senate Republicans have endured the indignities of minority status for all but two of the past 44 years, but they say this is their year.

The formula is simple: The DFL controls six Senate districts that Mitt Romney won in his failed 2012 presidential campaign. Flip those, and they are in the majority.

“We think we’re going to win,” said Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden Prairie.

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