February 1st Marks Caucus Day in Minnesota

(KNSI) — February 1st marks caucus day in Minnesota as Republicans and Democrats pick delegates and other officials to help elect candidates to run for public office.

Republicans will caucus at Apollo High School in St. Cloud starting at 7 p.m. Party chair for Senate District 14 John Dvorak says a caucus is where people can get involved and make a difference.

“People feel kind of helpless. They have a lot of anger about politics and all the rest. Go to caucus. That is the start. You need to go to caucus because you can become a delegate that actually endorses local candidates and then also you can get elected to endorse congressional candidates.”

Dvorak says if you don’t want to be a delegate, “become a precinct chair. We’re trying to build up our activism network and precinct chairs and vice chairs are going to be a crucial part of that when we go forward.”

District 14 Democrats say their caucuses will be contactless, citing COVID-19 concerns.

Click here and fill out the Precinct Caucus Non-Attendee Form to participate. If voters choose, they can also fill out a Resolution Form, which will allow caucus-goers to run to be a delegate to future endorsing conventions and submit resolutions to the DFL Party’s Action Agenda.

If anyone has questions about Senate District 14 DFL’s contactless caucus, contact Jim Parsons by emailing SD14DFL@gmail.com.

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