Redistricting was also not kind to Bachmann. It also wasn't kind to Chip Craavack, who lost CD-8 which he won two years previous.
Well, Craavack was a bit of a fluke upset in a district that hadn’t voted Republican for Congress since 1944. It’s unfortunate he couldn’t get a better hold on the seat (and the public problems with his wife didn’t help matters). That some elderly Watergate baby retread beat him was ridiculous. Hopefully the MN GOP can get a strong challenger to Nolan.