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Delegates will arrive at DFL convention in Rochester energized and restive
About 2,600 delegates and alternates will weigh a Senate endorsement fight, a four-way auditor race and a platform shaped by anger over immigration raids.
- Expected 2,600 delegates and alternates will converge on Rochester Friday, May 29, 2026, for the DFL convention at Mayo Civic Center, arriving in what party leaders describe as a 'jazzed and ready-to-do-battle frame of mind.'
- Anger over last January's Metro Surge deportation campaign, when 3,000 immigration agents flooded Minnesota, fuels the convention's energy; confrontations left Renee Good and Alex Pretti dead, driving record turnout of 37,466 at February DFL caucuses.
- Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig battle for the DFL's endorsement to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Tina Smith. Rochester delegate William Morrison said Flanagan 'has the people behind her,' but Craig is 'so well-financed,' making it 'a battle to the end.'
- U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar will secure the gubernatorial endorsement, though party Chairman Carlbom predicts it 'may well fall short of a coronation.' Some Democratic Socialists are 'extremely unhappy' and may 'throw sand in the endorsement gears,' Morrison warned.
- Delegates are demanding solutions to Minnesota's affordability crisis, with Carlbom noting Republicans failed to deliver on promised fixes. A four-way state auditor battle also unfolds; within four decades, two auditors used the post as a springboard to become governor.
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Delegates will arrive at DFL convention in Rochester energized and restive
ROCHESTER — The expected 2,600 delegates and alternates who will converge on Rochester Friday, May 29, 2026, for the DFL convention at Mayo Civic Center will arrive in a jazzed and ready-to-do-battle frame of mind, DFL leaders and party activists say. Among the central dramas of the three-day convention will be the battle between Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig for the party’s endorsement in the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Ti…
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