Politics & Government
State Caucus Set for Feb. 7.
Find your caucus location and party contact informations.
Inver Grove Heights residents will get a chance to be a part of presidential primary season through a caucus on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
There will be multiple caucus sites in Inver Grove; search for yours
on the Minnesota Secretary of State's website.
When it comes to election districts, Inver Grove Heights is split between two congressional districts. Roughly, residents living north of 70th Street are in the Fourth Congressional District. Residents south of 70th are in the Second Congressional District.
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More information is available online in a brochure from the Secretary of State's office.
Local election and party information can also be found at:
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Fourth Congressional District Republican Party website
Fourth Congressional District Green Party website
In Minnesota, the DFL, Independence and Republican parties are considered major parties, and the Green and Grassroots parties are considered minor parties. For the definitions of major and minor political parties in Minnesota, click here.
Contact information for parties in Minnesota include:
• Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party: call (651) 293-1200 or 1-800-999-7457, e-mail caucus@dfl.org, or visit dfl.org
• Independence Party: call (651) 487-9700, e-mail karijohnson.robinsonip@gmail.com, or visit mnip.org
• Republican Party: call (651) 222-0022 or 1-877-467-6466, e-mail caucus@mngop.com, or visit mngop.com
• Constitution Party: call (507) 644-3183, e-mail info@cpmn.org, or visit cpmn.org
• Green Party: call (651) 288-2820, e-mail caucus@mngreens.org, visit or mngreens.org
• Grassroots Party: call (651) 280-7922 or e-mail tc_wright38@yahoo.com
• Libertarian Party: (763) 561-8038, e-mail info@lpmn.org, or visit lpmn.org
WHAT'S A CAUCUS?
A caucus helps political party leaders gain consensus as to how voters have aligned their political and candidate preferences.
But at a caucus, there’s more going on than just candidate selection. Participants sometimes select county committee chairs for upcoming conventions.
What distinguishes a caucus from a primary is that at a primary, voters don’t have to be present at one particular location at a specific time. For a primary, voters just go to their polling place and cast a vote, the same as they would do at a general election.
For a caucus you have to be physically present at your designated caucus site, register, show your party affiliation and then participate in the process. Attendees participate directly.
According to the Democratic Party Website: “At your precinct caucus, you cast your vote in a Presidential Preference Ballot, propose resolutions that you want included in the DFL platform, and elect delegates to your local conventions.”
