Join Our Precinct Caucuses on February 3

What's a Caucus?

The DFL holds precinct and township caucuses every two years to start its candidate endorsement process. At caucuses, which are held in sites, often schools, within the community, those attending will elect DFL precinct or township officers and delegates to the unit convention(s), then discuss and vote on resolutions that their fellow DFLers in the caucus are proposing. Resolutions approved in caucuses go on to the organizing unit convention for further discussion and another vote. Senate District 25 will hold our caucus on February 3, 2026.

Leading at a Local Level

The organizing unit convention elects the unit’s officers and directors, elects delegates and alternates to the 1st Congressional District and state DFL conventions, elects members and alternates to the Minnesota DFL Central Committee, votes on proposed revisions to the unit’s constitution, and discusses and votes on resolutions sent to it from caucuses. Resolutions approved at the convention are sent to the state DFL convention for its consideration.

When legislative district boundaries cross county lines, candidate endorsements are managed by DFL endorsing units that cover those districts. The delegates for these endorsing units are elected at their precinct or township caucuses. Those units put on conventions every two years to endorse candidates for the Minnesota House and for the Senate in years when there are Senate elections. 

Deciding on a DFL Candidate for Congressional District 1

DFL Congressional District units have conventions in even years primarily to endorse a DFL candidate for Congress. The conventions also elect people to party positions at Congressional District, state or national levels.

The state DFL convention, held in May of even years endorses DFL candidates for statewide office and elects people to party positions at state or national levels.

What About Presidential Primaries?

Minnesota has a presidential primary every four years run by the Minnesota government, not by either party, to determine which candidates get delegates to the party’s national convention. The people who serve as those delegates are selected in party conventions.