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Rep. Michele Bachmann gets cold reception for hotdish

By Michael Sneed

The Bachmann file…

Hotdish horror! U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, who is leaving office, just lost her last chance to win the annual Minnesota “hotdish” contest this week.

Her “Polar Vortex-Mex Hotdish” lost out to a casserole entitled “Turkey Trot Tater Tot Hotdish,” baked by a guy: U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, a Democrat. (The contest was started by U.S. Rep. Al Franken.)

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