The 2006 election will
feature important federal and state races. In addition to the open US Senate
seat, one of the 8 House seats is open (the 6th).
State races include: the
Governor (incumbent Pawlenty (R) seeking reelection);
the Attorney General (open, incumbent Hatch (DFL) likely running for Governor),
Secretary of State and Auditor; all 67 state senate seats (current DFL majority
(35-31-1)); and all 134 state house seats (current R majority (68 to 66)).
DFL
Endorsement
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· June 12,
2006 State Convention
Historically,
approximately 10,000 to 15,000 people attend precinct caucuses. In 2004,
because of the interest in presidential campaigns approximately 56,000 people
attended.
Caucus-goers
elect delegates to the County Unit Convention (based on Senate Districts in
some areas).
At the County
Unit Convention, delegates are elected to both the Congressional District
Convention and State Convention. In 2004,
approximately 1200 delegates were elected to the State Convention at the
The State
convention endorses candidates for all offices. In order to receive the
DFL endorsement a candidate must receive 60% of the votes cast by
delegates. Voting delegates include those elected at the county
conventions and automatic delegates. Automatic delegates include state
party officers, congressional district chairs and associate chairs, others in
the Distinguished Party Leader category, and Elected Officials.
Primary (Open to all voters)
Date:
In 2000, during
the last contested DFL Senate primary 433,399 people cast a ballot. Over
26% (114,191) of the DFL primary votes were cast in
General
Date: