. >> up next we speak with minnesota public radio senior reporter katherine richard about the state's changing electorate and what changes could mean for 2020. >> what we have seen is a state that has been democratic, starting to become more purple. hillary clinton barely won minnesota in 2016. now it has become a pretty strong battleground for republican candidates, and i think we are going to see that play out in 2020 as well. i think you really need to look at a couple of congressional districts in minnesota to see where this change is happening. the first is the 8th district. that is north of here in the duluth area. duluth is becoming a more progressive city, and the rest is the iron range, where iron mining and mining has been sort of a big industry for so long. that has become increasingly red, and they just recently elected their first republican candidate to the house of representatives for the first time in a long time. down here in the first congressional distinct in rochester, over the last decade we have elected democrat tim wallace to office. he is now or governor. one r

. >> up next we speak with minnesota public radio senior reporter katherine richard about the state's changing electorate and what changes could mean for 2020. >> what we have seen is a state that has been democratic, starting to become more purple. hillary clinton barely won minnesota in 2016. now it has become a pretty strong battleground for republican candidates, and i think we are going to see that play out in 2020 as well.

up next we speak with minnesota public radio senior reporter katherine richard about the state's changing electorate and what changes could mean for 2020.

we speak with senior reporter katherine richard about the state's changing electorate and what recentctions could me for 2020. >> of what we have really seen in minnesota that has been interesting to watch as a state that has been reliably democratic especially when you votedt how the state has for presidential candidates come starting to become more purple. hillary clinton barely one minnesota in 2016 and it has become a strong battleground for republican candidates. i think we will see it play out in 2020 as well. i think you really need to look at a couple of congressional districts in minnesota to see where the changes happening. the first is the eighth district up north of here in the area that became a more progressive city. the rest of the iron range, where iron mining has been a begin the street for so long. that has become increasingly red hair they recently elected their first republican candidate to the house of representatives for the first time in a long time. in the first congressional district, over the last decade, tohave elected democrat tim office. he decided he was

that's how richard holmes whose name was called out, richard, remaped in the district of columbia until i could become eleanor katherine holmes and the member who represents the district. richard, they called out. i can only think by not answering to his name, richard holmes must have practiced for the day when the slave holder would come looking for him. that's the kind of discipline i'm going to try to bring to my work in the congress. because freedom from slavery did not give the residents of the district of columbia freedom. yet, we celebrate emancipation day and we are pleased that the slaves in the district of columbia were freed earlier than the emancipation proclamation and that's only because the federal government had control of the district of columbia and therefore lincoln could say there were slaves in the district of columbia. the federal government has control over the district of columbia as i speak, because the district doesn't have even home rule. yes, in 1973, the district did obtain home rule. that means that the district has mayor and a city council and governance itself except when the congress of