Minnesotans line up to cast first-in-the-nation votes in 2020 primaries

ST. PAUL — Voters around the state cast ballots Friday, Jan. 17, in Minnesota's presidential primary contests. For the first time since 1992, voters began weighing in in the contest in partisan primaries, a change from partisan caucuses.

While the primary isn't until March 3, snowbirds preparing to flee to warmer climates, eager supporters of various candidates and first-time voters and their family members said they wanted to be some of the first in the nation to help determine who would make it to the ballot in November.

Democrats had a slate of 15 candidates from which to choose, while Republicans had one name on the ballot, President Donald Trump's, along with a write-in option.

Around the state, surrogates for different campaigns were slated to rally and help get voters out to the polls Friday.

Minnesotans were some of the first in the nation to vote and they proudly displayed their "I voted" stickers and buttons. In the parking lot of the Ramsey County Early Voting Center, a group of about 15 voters supporting Sen. Amy Klobuchar cheered "first in the nation" after they huddled for a photo.


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