EPILOGUE

SIXTEEN DAYS LATER the mayor of St. Paul was elected governor of the state of Minnesota, defeating the former governor by less than one percent of the votes cast. Carol Catherine Monroe was a distant third—scandal had forced her to drop out of the race three days before the election, but the secretary of state’s office had not had enough time to remove her name from the ballot.

It was reported that she had a campaign debt of nearly a half million dollars.

Fewer votes were cast in this gubernatorial election than in any other in Minnesota’s history—this in a state that regularly ranks first in the nation for per capita voter turnout.

I was one of the voters who stayed home.