Republicans are in Duluth today to kick-off their state endorsing convention. Over the next two days, elected Republican delegates will pile into the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center to conduct party business and endorse candidates for statewide offices.
The first day of the convention began Friday at 10:00am. The endorsement process will begin later today. During the convention, delegates will endorse candidates for U.S. Senate, state auditor, secretary of state, attorney general, and governor.
Updates from the first day of the convention will be posted here.
— 11:32am —
Convention chair State Rep. Danny Nadeau is back at the podium. He said there is some kind of problem that needs to be worked out. He directed all BPOU chairs in CD1 to go to the teller’s table. He also asked the chair of CD1 to join them.
Nadeau announced that each congressional district will take turns going to the teller’s table. He did not say specifically what the problem was. Because each congressional district needs to take turns going to the front, the convention could be delayed by an hour or more.
— 11:11am —
Two delegates have now asked the convention to take a break because there are still many delegates who have not gotten their credentials yet.
Convention chair State Rep. Danny Nadeu has just announced a 10 minute break.
— 11:09am —
A quorum is present. The delegates have just voted to move the attorney general endorsement to be the first endorsement of the day.
— 10:55am —
Candidate ads for attorney general candidate Ron Schutz and U.S. Senate candidate Mark York have played. The ads are playing in between convention remarks and business.
The convention is being chaired by State Rep. Danny Nadeau and State Rep. Kristin Knudsen. Nadeau announced that a quorum is present.
— 10:43am —
Delegates are seated, and the convention played ads on the big screens for U.S. Senate candidates Tom Weiler and Michele Tafoya. More candidate ads are expected to be played throughout the convention.
State Rep. Kristin Robbins, a former candidate for governor, is addressing the crowd now. She is a delegate to the convention. During her speech, Robbins noted that the endorsement for governor will not occur until tomorrow.
Luke Sprinkel
Luke Sprinkel previously worked as a Legislative Assistant at the Minnesota House of Representatives. He grew up as a Missionary Kid (MK) living in England, Thailand, Tanzania, and the Middle East. Luke graduated from Regent University in 2018.
