This map divides Minnesota into five political “states.” Just one, the Twin Cities, got more Democratic in 2016. Another, the suburbs and exurbs of those cities, changed little between 2012 ...

Minnesota has a new set of voting maps for 2022. Here's how they took shape ... Meanwhile, Congressional Districts 1, 7 and 8, needed to grow in geography and people to meet the target.

The maps will set the new boundaries for Minnesota's eight Congressional districts, 67 Senate districts and 134 House districts, and will be in effect for the 2022 elections.

Minnesota has a reputation as a liberal bastion, the only state that voted for Walter Mondale over Ronald Reagan in 1984. But that reputation obscures the fact … ...