MINNEAPOLIS — Leading Democratic-Labor-Farmer elected officials are trying to sweeten Minnesota's pitch as it competes with other states for an early Midwestern spot in the 2024 presidential primary.
Gov. Tim Walz, state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and incoming state Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic are vowing to pass legislation moving up the primary if Minnesota is picked to be an early primary state.
Becoming one of the first Democratic presidential primary states could give voters the kind of major role in national politics that has eluded Minnesota in recent cycles when early states have received outsized attention.
