Voters opted by a whisker for Mr. Dayton, who had promised to balance the books in part by raising taxes on the richest 10% of Minnesotans.

选民们以微弱优势选择了戴顿先生。戴顿曾承诺提高10%的最富有的明尼苏达人的税收，从而在一定程度上实现收支平衡。