Tim Walz Dominated Scott Jensen In Apple Valley: Report

APPLE VALLEY, MN — Republicans have not won a statewide race in Minnesota since 2006, and that streak continued Tuesday.

A big reason why is because of how poorly the state's Republican candidates performed in the suburbs, including gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen.

In Dakota County, for example, Walz received 112,004 votes (55.83 percent) to Jensen's 83,220 votes (41.48 percent), according to the Secretary of State Office.

In Apple Valley, Walz won 15,149 votes to Jensen's 9,332 votes, an analysis by MinnPost shows.

In each election, Minnesota Democrats can count on winning by large margins in Minneapolis and St. Paul. State Republicans typically perform well in the smaller towns and rural parts of the state.

That leaves the suburbs and exurbs as the only remaining battleground truly up for grabs. Except on Tuesday, that wasn't the case.

Check out more city-level results at MinnPost.