OBERSTAR LOSES: “Northeastern Minnesota will be represented by a Republican in Congress for the first time since 1947 as challenger Chip Cravaack upset longtime Rep. Jim Oberstar in unofficial returns tallied early today,” the Duluth News Tribune reports this morning, and the Politico concurs.

At the Washington Examiner, David Freddoso adds:

Okay, yes, in your dreams you might have thought so, if you’re enough of a political nerd. But House Transportation Chairman James Oberstar, D, appears to have lost despite all those orange stimulus signs.

Follow his link for the additional “Shocking results of 2010,” Freddoso is tracking.