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“You really do get the play-by-play, which is a pretty fascinating and positive thing, especially for those monitoring the news mainly via Twitter,” said Eric Ostermeier, author of the Smart Politics blog at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (and who tweets as “SmartPolitics”).

“You could take any five top Twitter accounts” focused on local politics, “and I can’t imagine you could find a more complete picture of what went on at the Minnesota Legislature,” said the UpTake’s Chuck Olsen (“chuckumentary” on Twitter).

Olsen cited his group’s “uptakemn” account, along with Minnesota Public Radio’s “tomscheck,” the Pioneer Press’ “PolAnimal,” “PoliticsMN” and “radiofreenation” as notable local political Twitter feeds.

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