A preview of state GOP, DFL conventions
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Minnesota's two major state political parties hold their conventions this weekend.
The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party delegates meet in Duluth, and the Republicans are heading to Rochester.
Don Davis of the Forum News Service wrote about the expected "raucous convention" in Rochester:
Candidates will fight for U.S. Senate and governor endorsements. But in a rarity for the GOP, several candidates plan to take their races to the Aug. 12 primary election regardless of who delegates pick.
Some candidates for the two offices pledge to abide by delegates' votes and some are not certain even less than a week before the convention begins.
The thing to watch will be how Republican faithful react to candidates who plan to ignore the convention vote. In some activists' minds, that is very un-Republican.
Tom Scheck, MPR News political reporter, joins The Daily Circuit to preview the events.
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