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No. 4 Indiana forces overtime with a 60-yard FG then beats Minnesota 23-16 • Oct. 31, 2026, 8:52 PM ET (AP)
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Conservative activists O'Keefe, Higby charged with unlawful voting in Minnesota • Oct. 28, 2026, 10:24 PM ET (AP)
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Facts

Also Known As North Star State
Capital St. Paul
Population1 (2020) 5,706,494; (2024 est.) 5,793,151
Governor Tim Walz (Democrat)
Date Of Admission May 11, 1858
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) • Tina Smith (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
State Nickname North Star State • Gopher State • Land of 10,000 Lakes • Land of Sky-blue Waters
State Motto "L’Étoile du Nord (The North Star)"
State Bird common loon
State Flower pink and white lady’s slipper
State Song “Hail! Minnesota”
Seats In U.S. House Of Representatives 8 (of 435)
Time Zone Central (GMT − 6 hours)
Total Area (Sq Km) 225,161
Total Area (Sq Mi) 86,935
1Excluding military abroad.

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Minnesota: flag
Seal of Minnesota
The loon is the state bird of Minnesota.
Minnesota's state flower is the pink-and-white lady's slipper.
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Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's large outdoor sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry features a giant spoon with a red cherry, set over a pond in Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
Minnesota: Split Rock Lighthouse
Shallow, rocky shoreline of Lake Itasca with calm water, scattered stones, and surrounding green trees at the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Itasca State Park, Minnesota.
Physical features of Minnesota
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