during the shutdown all less important parts of the state government, that were not identified as critical services before the shutdown or in several court cases, suspended their operations. most state government services were identified as critical or otherwise allowed to continue, so as much as 80 percent of state government spending continued. the eventual budget agreement started to form after governor dayton announced on july 14 that he would "reluctantly" pass the last proposal of the republican legislative leadership before the shutdown, but with conditions. the shutdown was disruptive to the government and some minnesotans, but its ultimate economic impact was minimal. politically, it could have influenced the republican electoral defeat in the 2012 state elections, although there were other factors that may have been more important.