During the last seven months of the campaign (April 10, 2012 to Nov. 6,
2012
>),
the
principals
made
a
scattering
of
visits
to Minnesota:
THE DEMOCRATS
President Barack Obama
June
1
-Tours and makes remarks on "To Do
List" (veterans jobs) at Honeywell International facility in
Golden
Valley, MN.
-Three fundraisers—luncheon (100 people, $5,000
per person) and two small campaign roundtables ($40,000 and
$50,000 per person)—at the Bachelor Farmer Restaurant in
Minneapolis,
MN.
(3$)
Vice President Joe Biden
April
11 - Attends a
campaign event for Sen. Amy Klobuchar at the
Hilton in
Minneapolis, MN.
August
21
-Grassroots event at The Depot
in
Minneapolis, MN.
OTR greets the South High School football team in
Minneapolis, MN.
-Grassroots event in Floral Hall at the Olmstead County
Fairgrounds in
Rochester, MN.
OTR stop, greets diners and has pie and ice
cream at Mac's Cafe & Restaurant in
Rochester, MN.
Jill Biden
September
14
-Grassroots event at North Hennepin Community College
in
Brooklyn Park, MN.
-Grassroots event at the Depot Coffee House in Hopkins, MN.
-Grassroots event at the Janet
Wallace Fine Arts Center
on the Macalester College campus in St. Paul, MN.
October
19-20
October
19
-Fundraiser at the home of Betty Folliard and Don Drapeau in
Minneapolis, MN.
($)
October
20
-Grassroots supporters event at the OFA-Minneapolis field office (2722
University Ave. SE) in
Minneapolis,
MN.
OTR eats at Sammy's Pizza in downtown Duluth and
brings pizzas for the Duluth event.
-Canvass thank you event at the Duluth Labor Temple in
Duluth, MN.
THE
REPUBLICANS
Former Gov. Mitt Romney
August
23
-Fundraiser at the Lafayette
Club in
Minnetonka Beach,
MN.
($)
-Fundraising dinner at the Home of Marty Davis in
Shorewood,
MN.
($)
Rep. Paul Ryan
October
13 - Evening fundraising reception at Solera Restaurant
and Event Center in
Minneapolis, MN.
($)
October 30
Arrival at Signature Flight Support, Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport in Minneapolis, MN.
(Hudson, WI)
OTR dinner with wife
Janna, RNC
Chair Priebus and others at Dan O’Gara’s Grill in
St. Paul, MN.
November
4 - Victory
rally at Sun Country Airlines in
Minneapolis, MN.
Visits by third party
candidates after their nominating conventions.
THE
LIBERTARIANS
Gov. Gary Johnson
September
21
-College tour stop with former Gov. Jesse Ventura at Macalester
College in
St.
Paul, MN.
Judge Jim Gray
November
2
-Rally for peace prosperity and liberty in Coffman Memorial Union at
the University of Minnesota in
Minneapolis, MN.
-Meet and greet at Park Tavern in
St. Louis Park, MN.
THE
GREENS
Jill Stein
August
23-25
August
23
-Films ads with North Woods Advertising in the Twin Cities,
Minneapolis-St. Paul,
MN.
August
24
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.
August
25
-Meets voters over coffee at 4200 Cedar Ave. S. (the former home of the
American-Nordic Center, now home to a number of activist groups) in
Minneapolis, MN.
Cheri Honkala
October
25-27
October
25
-Meet and greet party at The Amsterdam Bar and Hall in
Saint Paul, MN.
October
26
-Speaks at St. Olaf College, Boe Memorial Chapel in
Northfield, MN.
-"An Evening with Minnesota's Hometown Hero" at The Capri Theater in
Minneapolis, MN.
October
27
-Meet and greet at the home of Phil Willkie in
Minneapolis, MN.
Note: Honkala was born in Minneapolis
in 1963 and grew up there before moving to Philadelphia in the late
1980s.
Newspaper Endorsements
Obama
|
Romney
|
Duluth News Tribune (Oct. 24,
2012) +
Post-Bulletin [Rochester] (Nov. 3, 2012) +
Star Tribune [Minneapolis] (Oct. 27, 2012) 300,330 (17)
+ |
Bemidji Pioneer (Oct. 28, 2012) + |
No Endorsement
Pioneer Press [St. Paul]
+
Results by Congressional District
|
Member
|
Precincts
|
Romney
|
|
Obama
|
|
Others
|
|
|
CD1
|
Walz (D) |
695
|
165,720
|
48.00
|
170,377
|
49.35
|
9,173
|
2.66
|
345,270
|
CD2
|
Kline (R) |
291
|
184,576
|
48.85
|
184,802
|
48.91
|
8,497
|
2.25
|
377,875
|
CD3
|
Paulsen (R) |
246
|
195,802
|
48.65
|
199,093
|
49.47
|
7,541
|
1.87
|
402,436
|
CD4
|
McCollum (D)
|
230
|
131,521
|
35.37
|
231,511
|
62.26
|
8,788
|
2.36
|
371,820
|
CD5
|
Ellison (D)
|
221
|
89,643
|
23.90
|
274,635
|
73.23
|
10,731
|
2.86
|
375,009
|
CD6
|
Bachmann (R)
|
280
|
205,652
|
56.27
|
151,238
|
41.38
|
8,597
|
2.35
|
365,487
|
CD7
|
Peterson (D)
|
1,327
|
180,334
|
53.67
|
147,750
|
43.97
|
7,934
|
2.36
|
336,018
|
CD8
|
Nolan (D)
|
812
|
166,977
|
46.04
|
186,761
|
51.50
|
8,908
|
2.46
|
362,646
|
|
|
4,102
|
1,320,225
|
44.96
|
1,546,167
|
52.65
|
70,169
|
2.39
|
2,936,561 |