There is change afoot in Minnesota. Long considered a safe state for Democrats, the state seemed to embrace a new politics last November when Republicans swept all but one of the statewide races, picked up a seat in Congress, and padded their majority in the state House. Just one legislative session later, the new GOP ascendancy is beginning to bear fruit. Minnesota Public Radio's Michael Khoo surveys the new political landscape in the first part of our five-part series, "Minnesota's Right Turn."