page_title: 2020 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary
section_title: Campaign
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary / Campaign
caption_attribution_description: Please attribute to Lorie Shaull if used elsewhere.
context_page_description: The 2020 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary took place in Minnesota, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary the weekend before. The Minnesota primary was an open primary, with the state party awarding 92 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 75 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Early voting was possible for just over six weeks beginning January 17, 2020.
  This primary is only for the presidential election; Minnesota also holds a primary for elections within the state, which occurred on August 11, 2020. Biden benefitted from agrarian white voters who followed Senator Klobuchar's lead, then the front-runner in her home state, in endorsing Biden at the last minute. Klobuchar had banked some early votes in some western Minnesota counties, and carried a number of counties despite her withdrawal from the race.
context_section_description: With the impeachment trial coming up and taking up the time of several of the top tier candidates, including Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar, the start of early voting was extremely important to her and the state party. Several rallies featuring her and other top DFL officials were held on that day, January 17.
  Amy Klobuchar suspended her campaign one day before Super Tuesday, after 100,000 voters had already requested early voting ballots. This is likely to have contributed to her receiving 5.6 percent of the vote, and coming in first in several counties.
caption: Sanders at a rally in Saint Paul, Minnesota on March 2, 2020
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