What you need to know about the DFL, GOP conventions this weekend

By: Michelle Griffith, Alyssa Chen

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 1,399

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Hundreds of party activists will head to conventions this weekend to endorse candidates for statewide elections in November.

Minnesotans will have the ultimate say when they vote in the Aug. 11 primary election to decide the party nominees who will run during this consequential November midterm election, comprising races for all the constitutional offices including governor, as well as a U.S. Senate seat and all 201 legislative seats.

But the Minnesota Republican Party and Democratic-Farmer-Labor …

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