>> CATHY: COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR, WE'LL TALK WITH PAUL DOUGLAS ABOUT THE STORM THAT SANK THE EDMUND FITZGERALD 50 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH.

CHEF SEAN SHERMAN IS HERE WITH A NEW BOOK, AND HE'LL PREVIEW OWAMNI MOVING INTO THE GUTHRIE NEXT SPRING.

WE'LL SPEND A LOT OF TIME SORTING THROUGH THIS WEEK'S ELECTION RESULTS NEAR AND FAR.

>> ERIC: AND THAT'S WHERE WE START TONIGHT.

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, ST.

PAUL MAYOR-ELECT KAOHLY HER WILL JOIN US LIVE, BUT FIRST MARY LAHAMMER ROUNDS UP THE HISTORIC ELECTION RESULTS.

>> I'M PROUD TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS THE FIRST ASIAN AND THE FIRST WOMAN MAYOR-ELECT -- [ Cheers and applause ] >> Mary: STATE REPRESENTATIVE KAOHLY HER MAKES HISTORY.

>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO MORE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING -- >> YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING -- >> Mary: DEFEATING THE INCUMBENT SHE ONCE WORKED FOR IN A SHORT CAMPAIGN.

>> MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE WANTED NOTHING MORE TO WANTED NOTHING MORE T THAN TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY.

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT -- [ Inaudible ] THE THINGS THAT THEY OUGHT TO GET US TO THIS COUNTRY -- AND I THINK ABOUT THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY MADE -- AND WHAT THEY DID SO THAT THEIR CHILDREN COULD HAVE A BETTER LIFE THAN THEM -- >> Mary: IT WAS A BIG NIGHT FOR IMMIGRANTS AND DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND REPRESENTATIVE HER ISN'T THE ONLY HOUSE MEMBER MOVING TO HIGHER OFFICE.

REPRESENTATIVE AMANDA HEMMINGSEN JAEGER WON THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE NICOLE MITCHELL.

SHE WAS BACKED BY THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

>> WE SWEPT AS DEMOCRATS EVERYTHING LAST NIGHT, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY AT OUR BALLOT LEVEL, WE PROTECTED NEARLY EVERY TARGET ON UR MAP.

AND IN THE LEADUP TO LAST NIGHT'S ELECTION, WE ALREADY PROTECTED SEVEN MAJORITIES IN 2025.

AND THE EARTHQUAKE WINS LAST NIGHT REAFFIRM THAT VOTERS REBUKE G.O.P.

EXTREMISM AND THAT THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS REMAINS THE ISSUE THAT IS ON VOTERS' MINDS.

>> Mary: THAT WIN HOLDS THE ONE-SEAT MAJORITY FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE SENATE.

REPUBLICANS RETAINED THE RURAL SEAT IN WRIGHT COUNTY WITH MICHAEL HOLSTROM'S VICTORY.

I THINK THE MEMBER IN OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE A VERY UNDERSTATED ROLE IN BEING LEADERS IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD AND SHOWING HERE'S SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE AND PUSHING THAT OUTWARD.

WE DO A LOT OF WORK TO TRY TO INSPIRE THE MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE -- TO SHOW EXAMPLES TO THAT.

>> Mary: WITH TWO HOUSE DEMOCRATS WINNING ELECTION, THAT MEANS TWO MORE SPECIAL ELECTIONS WILL BE NECESSARY, AND THAT SHOULD SET A NEW RECORD.

IT ALSO GIVES REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER LISA DEMUTH, TECHNICALLY A TWO-VOTE ADVANTAGE THE VERY SAME WEEK SHAW ANNOUNCED HER CHALLENGE OF GOVERNOR WALZ.

>> I'M LISA DEMUTH AND I'M -- I KNOW TOGETHER THAT WE CAN BUILD A STRONGER MINNESOTA.

FOR TODAY.

AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO WORK.

>> GLAD SHE'S RUNNING.

I ALWAYS APPRECIATE ANYONE WHO'S WILLING TO PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE AND I THINK THEY'LL WORK THAT OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE AND WE'LL SEE WHO COMES OUT NEXT AUGUST.

>> Mary: BILLS WILL STUL HAVE TO BE BIPARTISAN IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE 68 VOTES ARE REQUIRED TO PASS.

>> WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE ONE SIZE FITS ALL MANDATES ACROSS THE STATED.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S LOCAL CONTROL WITHIN OUR CITIES, WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND OUR BUSINESSES, MAKING THIS A PLACE TO THRIVE.

>> WE SHOULD ACTUALLY DIG IN ON THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION BECAUSE THIS GETS AT THE CRUX OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ACTUALLY DEAL WITH.

>> Mary: MEANWHILE IN MINNEAPOLIS, RECORD TURNOUT RESULTED IN A LONG BATTLE FOR INCUMBENT MAYOR JACOB FREY TO EVENTUALLY PREVAIL.

>> I AM HUMBLED BY THE TRUST AND SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS.

MINNEAPOLIS IS A GREAT CITY THAT IS ON THE RISE.

AND FROM RIGHT NOW, UNTIL MY FINAL SECONDS IN OFFICE, I WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR BACKGROUND OR WHERE YOU GREW UP CAN LIVE A BRILLIANT LIFE IN AN AFFORDABLE HOME, IN A