Published December 30, 2012, 05:05 AM
Politics dominates Minnesota news in 2012
Two Minnesota Republicans failed to make it onto the presidential ticket. Voters rejected efforts to enshrine in the state constitution a gay marriage ban and a requirement for presenting photo IDs at polling places. And Democrats took control of both houses of the Legislature for the first time since 1990 as politics dominated Minnesota's news scene in 2012.By: Steve Karnowski, Associated Press
