In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the state by more than 44,000 votes, but in 2020, Biden expanded Clinton’s margin, winning Minnesota by seven percentage points or over 230,000 votes.

Harris and Walz earned 51% of the state. Minnesota and Illinois were the only states in the Midwest neighbors to stay blue. Wisconsin and Michigan flipped red after voting for Biden in 2020.

In 2024, Minnesota passed HF 4024, which prohibited public universities from contracting with OPMs for tuition sharing, transfer of intellectual property rights, or certain other functions.

Minnesota, long considered a blue state, has gone to the Democratic candidate in every presidential election since the GOP’s Richard Nixon defeated George McGovern, a Democrat, in 1972.

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Trump almost won Minnesota in 2016. Could 2024 be the year the blue state flips? Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick JD Vance campaign in Minnesota Saturday.