A month before Statehood Day, a new flag rose over the crowd at a Minnesota United game. A bright white flag, with the image of a bag, and the legend, printed in letters big enough for the players to read and share the thrill of Minnesota pride: BAYG.

Suddenly, a library card was the hottest ticket in town. The library gave away all 500 new cards — and 500 laser loon stickers for existing cardholders — in a matter of days and quickly printed a thousand more.

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“Reminder,” Gov. Tim Walz posted on social media on Friday. “Minnesota’s new official state flag will be raised for the first time tomorrow.”

The special election Nov. 5 will determine whether the GOP flips control of the state Senate or the DFL stays in charge.

There were probably more Minnesota homes flying North Star flags than the actual flag when the search for a replacement began last year. Some Minnesotans still make room for it, in their hearts and on their flagpoles.

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Minnesota made its choice. And so did Minnesotans, who have flocked to online and brick-and-mortar shops to buy whichever design says “Minnesota” to them.

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Below the post was the image of a flag, waving proudly as light broke through dark storm clouds. On that flag were two words: Naz Reid.

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It wasn’t the flag the committee chose. None of the thousands of flags Minnesotans designed quite match the version that now flies above the state.

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The special election Nov. 5 will determine whether the GOP flips control of the state Senate or the DFL stays in charge.

The State Emblems Redesign Commission, for reasons that surpass all understanding, declined to choose even one of the flag designs that feature loons shooting lasers out of their eyes. Yet laser loon lives — on flags, on totes, on stickers, on any surface that could be improved by the addition of a laser loon.

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The former president held three Minnesota rallies in the three months leading up to the 2020 election. He’s had less of a presence this year and has spent considerably more time in Wisconsin.

The new state flag: bold blues and sharp angles. The old state flag: long ignored, long derided, suddenly in demand. And the North Star flag. The one Herold co-designed decades ago when he launched his long campaign for a flag all Minnesotans could get behind.

“I had someone come in this morning and they got both. They got the new [flag] design and the North Star,” said Herold, who has also had several customers double up to purchase both the old state flag and the North Star.

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“One of the joys of my job is asking ‘what if?’” said Claire Huber, marketing and communications specialist for the St. Paul Public Library. After watching social media collectively melt down with glee over the funniest state flag designs, she wondered: “What if we made a laser loon library card? Wouldn’t it be funny if we did?”

But the flag competition brought out the best and weirdest in Minnesota. There were lady slippers and laser loons. There were flags that evoked Ojibwe beadwork or heirloom quilts. There were constellations of stars in a kaleidoscope of colors.

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“Frankly, I was astounded that people were still coming in to get it,” he said. The flag he designed to represent Minnesota is a golden star on a field of blue for Minnesota’s lakes and rivers, white for our winters, green for our farms and forests.

“One of the best things about this project has been to bring delight to people,” she said. “To see something so silly, but so community-driven. Everyone has an opinion about the flag … I think it taps into the innate pride of the North.”

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Jennifer Brooks is a local columnist for the Star Tribune. She travels across Minnesota, writing thoughtful and surprising stories about residents and issues.

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“In all the years I’ve been in business, I’ve never even come close to selling any flag more than the U.S. flag,” owner Lee Herold said. “Now I’ve been selling more state flags than U.S. flags.”

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