Klobuchar Wins Minnesota Governor's Race, Defeating Republican Lisa Demuth
Photo: CBS NewsDemocratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar won Minnesota's governor's race on Tuesday, defeating Republican state House Speaker Lisa Demuth and becoming the first woman to serve as the state's governor. NBC News called the race for Klobuchar at about 10 p.m. local time and reported at 11:30 p.m. that she had 56 percent to Demuth's 42 percent, with more than 93 percent of votes counted. Klobuchar wrote on social media that she was honored to earn Minnesotans' trust and said it was time to get to work. She will succeed two-term Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who announced in January that he would not seek a third term, less than four months after launching his reelection bid. Klobuchar, elected to the Senate in 2006, entered the race after his announcement and won her primary with nearly 90 percent of the vote. Demuth, first elected to the state House in 2018, beat Trump-endorsed MyPillow founder Mike Lindell in the August Republican primary. The race unfolded amid a fraud scandal in state-run social services programs. Dozens of people have been convicted of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars, and federal prosecutors estimate the total could exceed $9 billion.
Breitbart, the right-leaning outlet, leads with Klobuchar's win but spends much of its space on the numbers, the primaries and Walz. It quotes Klobuchar and Walz's January statement, calls him embattled and controversial, and says massive fraud was found happening under his nose. CBS News, on the left, also leads with the win and the historic first, but spends more space on context. It cites the Associated Press on convictions and the $9 billion federal estimate, and says a viral right-wing influencer video drew President Trump's attention. It adds that Trump and other Republicans focused on the Somali community, which Walz and local officials criticized, and that Walz's office said it was fighting fraud. Both sides report the win, Walz's exit and the fraud backdrop, but they differ on whom they hold responsible and which details they include. Axios, the alternative source, offers only a brief note on the historic first.
How the sides differ Right sources stress vote totals, primaries and Walz's exit over fraud; left sources add fraud-case scale and criticism of Republican focus on Somalis; alternative source is brief.
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CBS News leads with the projected win and the historic first, then explains the fraud scandal, citing the AP and federal estimates, Trump's role, and Walz's criticism of the focus on Somalis.
Axios gives a brief report of Klobuchar's win, noting only that she will be the first woman governor in Minnesota's history.
Breitbart reports the win with vote percentages, primary results and quotes from Klobuchar and Walz, framing Walz's exit around fraud found under his watch.