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DFL Announces Delegate Results of DFL Presidential Primary

03/06/2024

ST PAUL – Today, March 6, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party announced the allocation of national delegates to the Democratic National Convention based on the results of the 2024 Minnesota DFL presidential primary.

 

President Biden won 64 of the 75 delegates that were at stake in the DFL presidential primary. Uncommitted won 11 delegates.

 

“I want to thank every candidate that put their name forward and participated in our presidential primary,” said DFL Chairman Ken Martin. “President Biden’s overwhelming victories in Minnesota and across the country show that our party is uniting to defend our democracy from Donald Trump. The DFL will leave nothing on the table to keep Minnesota blue in this existential election.”

 

District-level Delegates (49 total)

  • First Congressional District: All 5 district-level delegates will be pledged to President Biden
  • Second Congressional District: 5 district-level delegates will be pledged to President Biden, 1 district-level delegate will be pledged to Uncommitted
  • Third Congressional District: All 7 district-level delegates will be pledged to President Biden
  • Fourth Congressional District: 6 district-level delegates will be pledged to President Biden, 2 district-level delegates will be pledged to Uncommitted
  • Fifth Congressional District: 6 district-delegates will be pledged to President Biden, 3 district-level delegates will be pledged to Uncommitted
  • Sixth Congressional District: All 5 district-level delegates will be pledged to President Biden
  • Seventh Congressional District: All 4 district-level delegates will be pledged to President Biden
  • Eighth Congressional District: All 5 district-level delegates will be pledged to President Biden

 

At-large Delegates (16 total)

  • 13 at-large delegates will be pledged to President Biden
  • 3 at-large delegates will be pledged to Uncommitted

 

Party Leader and Elected Official (PLEO) Delegates (10 total)

  • 8 at-large delegates will be pledged to President Biden
  • 2 at-large delegates will be pledged to Uncommitted

 

To qualify for at-large and PLEO delegates, candidates had to receive at least 15% of the vote statewide. Candidates had to receive at least 15% of the vote in a congressional district to qualify for district-level delegates from that district.

 

Minnesota will send 92 delegates total to the 2024 Democratic National Convention – in addition to the 75 delegates that are allocated based on the results of the presidential primary, Minnesota has 17 “automatic” delegates that are not bound by the results of the primary.

 

More information about the delegate selection process is available here.

 

 

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