 Well, as I mentioned, the Minnesota House has changed from Republican to DFL control, but it was pretty much a wave of red in the state House elections in the Lakeland viewing area for these people, Matthew Grossell, Steve Green, Sandy Lehmann, John Poston, Ron Krisha, Josh Heinzman, and Dale Lewick. They all won their races as incumbents, and they will be returning to the state capital. The only district in the Lakeland viewing area that could be changing hands is 5A, where former state representative and DFLer John Purcell leads incumbent Republican Matt Bliss by eight votes with all precincts reporting. Purcell has not been declared the winner because the vote is too close. Our Cheryl Moore has the story. Election day may be over, but technically nothing is official yet. And that rings especially true for the district 5A representative race between Republican Matt Bliss and DFLer John Purcell. I'm not expecting a lot of change. I know a lot of the folks that work on the, you know, as election judges, et cetera, around the precincts. And, you know, they do a really good job. Still very excited. You know, John worked hard, got a lot of people out. The turnout for our side wasn't as good as I'd hope it was. The election's still not over yet. They're still very, very close. Next Tuesday, the county will canvas the results. We go through all of the results, review some of the numbers, review the tapes, and then we put our stamp of approval on them and that's what makes them official. Then after the canvas, if the numbers are still extremely close, the next move will be up to whoever has the least votes. If the candidate in district 5A is still the losing candidate by one half of one percent, then at that point he has the option of filing a written request to have a recount done on just that particular race. The recount will be publicly funded since the race is extremely close. It would take place between December 3rd and December 10th. With the election still up in the air, Purcell is staying cautiously optimistic. Ensure that we have a win here. I mean, that's the first, but other than that, nothing's really changed. I mean, I'm looking forward to working with the Democrat majority and the Minnesota House of Representatives. Ask for bliss. If the election doesn't swing in his favor, he's not sure about his 2020 rematch yet, but if it does, he has big plans for St. Paul as well. I've got a lot of things already in the works down in St. Paul, you know, the Beltrami County fiscal cliff that we've been experiencing. I've already got leadership down there, or actually now it'll be the minority leadership aware of it, and we'll have to work with the new majority in St. Paul. Reporting in Bemidji, Shromor, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.