Minnesota keeps all 8 U.S. House seats, barely

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Robbinsdale school district interim superintendent Stephanie Burrage says no one was hurt, and the student was taken into custody by law enforcement without using any force.

Minnesota learned today it will retain its eight congressional seats — but only by a razor-thin margin.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new population figures showing that Minnesota’s population count was just large enough to keep all its current seats. There was speculation Minnesota would lose a seat because its population hasn’t grown as quickly as many southern states.

Kristen Koslap, the census bureau’s senior technical expert for apportionment, said Minnesota’s eighth seat came at the expense of New York.

“If New York had had 89 more people, they would have received one more seat instead the last state that received their last seat. There are 435 seats, so the last seat went to Minnesota, and New York was next in line.”

The once-a-decade reapportionment of congressional seats is needed to account for population changes and to keep roughly the same number of people in each district. State lawmakers, and likely the courts, will now begin the process of redrawing Minnesota's political boundaries.