 That was a big night for Republicans across the state, but one area Democrat was able to hold back the Republican voting surge. Congressman Rick Nolan won an extremely close race with Republican challenger Stuart Mills. Two years ago, Nolan topped Mills by about 4,000 votes. This year was even closer. It was about 2,000 votes separating the candidates, but again, Nolan came out on top. Our Logan Gay caught up with the congressman today and has more. Well after last night's close race, Congressman Nolan could now breathe a sigh of relief. I've been through a couple of squeakers and today in a conference call I learned that it may be the most expensive congressional race in the history of the country. Now that it's all over, he is looking forward to going back to Washington. My first couple of terms here have been successful. We've had been effective in getting some of the minors back to work and getting some of the loggers back in the forest and fixing 101 things around the district that improve communities. Congressman Nolan says the first thing you will do when it gets back to Washington is to finish unfinished business. My first legislation I think will probably be to reverse Citizens United. I certainly will introduce the legislation to reverse that. I'm the only one who has a bipartisan sponsorship on my legislation to do that. When it comes to working with the new president-elect Donald Trump, Congressman Nolan is looking forward to working with him to make positive changes. I want to work with him and I want to help him be successful in you know stopping these bad trade deals and getting everybody in America back to work in good paying jobs. But he is ready for a fight. Republicans have been talking about privatizing social security and turning that over to Wall Street and Medicare back over to the insurance companies and if they're going to try to do something like that, I'm going to fight them all the way. And in true Minnesota fashion, Congressman Nolan is choosing to spend the day after his big night outdoors. I'm heading for my dear stand. There's no place that's more quiet, more peaceful and more enjoyable. In Crosby, Logan Gaye, Lakeland News. Now Stuart Mills last night at his election night gathering called Nolan a very, very skilled politician and said that he has a lot of respect for him as a politician but disagrees with him completely on the policy side. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.