A Minnesota presidential primary has been held five times: 1916, 1952, 1956, 1992 and 2020. The state of Minnesota has normally held presidential caucuses instead. On May 22, 2016 Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed a bill that reinstated a presidential primary starting in 2020.[1]

1916

The first Minnesota presidential primary was held on Tuesday, March 14, 1916. Along with the Democratic and Republican parties, the Prohibition Party also held a primary. The Progressive Party (Bull Moose) was eligible to hold an election but no candidates filed.

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1952

The second Minnesota presidential primary was held on Tuesday, March 18, 1952.

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1956

The third Minnesota presidential primary was held on Tuesday, March 20, 1956.

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1992

The fourth Minnesota presidential primary was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1992. The closed primary was binding for the Independent- Republicans Party, but for the Democratic Farmer Labor Party it was only a "beauty contest" as the DFL awarded its delegates at March 3 caucuses to Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa.[2]

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2020

The fifth Minnesota presidential primary was held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. However, controversy over the Republican Party of Minnesota excluding challengers to President Trump[3] sparked a legal challenge by James Martin, a voter and Rocky De La Fuente, a presidential candidate[4] jeopardizing the Minnesota Secretary of State from being able to print the ballots for both the Democratic and Republican primary elections.[5] Ultimately, the Minnesota Supreme Court ordered Minnesota's primary to continue as planned, leaving the incumbent president as Republican voters' only option.[6] Two other major parties, the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party and the Legal Marijuana Now Party did not hold a primary.

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References

  1. ↑ AP (May 22, 2016). "Dayton Signs Law Moving Minnesota To Presidential Primary". StarTribune.com. Star Tribune. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ Berke, Richard (February 29, 1992). "The 1992 Campaign". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ Condon, Patrick (October 31, 2019). "Minnesota Republican Party leaves Trump challengers off presidential primary ballot". StarTribune.com. Star Tribune. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ Montemayor, Stephen (December 14, 2019). "Petition takes aim at state GOP's decision to limit 2020 primary choices to President Trump". StarTribune.com. Star Tribune. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  5. ↑ McKinney, Matt (December 20, 2019). "Challenge to Minnesota's Trump-only Republican ballot leaves early voting in limbo". StarTribune.com. Star Tribune. Retrieved December 27, 2019. State officials warned the Supreme Court in papers filed this week that unless the ballot question is settled 'within the first few days of January,' they may not have enough time to print and distribute ballots for the start of early voting on Jan. 17.
  6. ↑ Menna, Kelly (January 9, 2020). "Challenge to Minnesota's Trump-only Republican primary ballot denied". CNN.com. CNN. Retrieved December 14, 2020. The Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon denied a petition to include other Republican candidates other than President Donald Trump on the state's GOP primary ballot.
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