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PRIMARY RESULTS: Minnesota - March 2
Democratic Presidential: Open caucuses
86 total delegates* -- 72 tied to March 2 caucuses

State Information: 10 electoral votes
2,860,233 registered voters -- voters do not register by party
This page represents results, including delegate count, reported immediately after each state's contest. More >
RACE STATUS CANDIDATE VOTES VOTE% DEL PRECINCTS LOCAL EXIT POLL
Minnesota
updated: 11:02 a.m.,
March 12
 Kerry 26,249 51%42 90% reporting results by county not available
  Edwards 13,914 27%22
  Kucinich 8,666 17%8
  Uncommitted 1,143 2%0
  Dean 1,007 2%0
  Sharpton 308 1%0

 Minnesota has 72 pledged and 14 unpledged delegates. Of the 72 pledged delegates, 47 are district-level delegates (based on results of a given district's binding primary), 16 are at-large delegates and nine are "party leader and elected official" (PLEO) delegates. Of the 14 unpledged delegates, 12 are PLEO delegates and two are add-ons selected at the Democratic Party state convention on May 23, 2004.
• For more about the delegate selection process, click here.
• How does CNN project winners in races? Click here.
• Exit polls are a survey of selected voters taken soon after they leave their voting place. Pollsters use this sample information, collected from a small percentage of voters, to track and project how all voters or specific segments of the voters sided on a particular race or ballot measure. For more on how to read exit polls, click here.
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