Photo by Linda McNulty

By Mark W. Olson 

The dyed-in-the-wool Republican city of Victoria is once again proving to be an interesting politically anomaly.

Ever since Victoria was incorporated as a city in 1915, it has voted in the majority for 18 Republican presidential candidates, letting only one Democratic and one third party candidate squeeze through its grasp. And it hasn't let that happen since 1968.

Carver County's contribution to the Minnesota 150

The book “Minnesota 150: The People, Places, and Things that Shape Our State,” was recently published by Minnesota Historical Society Press.