Former Minnesota governor marries campaign aide 41 years his junior

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Former Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton announced that he and a former campaign staffer have gotten married.

“I am delighted to reach out to you in these challenging times with some very happy news: After twenty years of bachelorhood, I am now a married man!” Dayton, 74, wrote in a Facebook post announcing his matrimony with Ana Orke, 32. “Ms. Ana Orke, now Ana Dayton, is smart, compassionate, tough, funny, and impossibly good at Scrabble!”

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