Former President Donald Trump and his newly tapped running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) are set to hold a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Saturday as the Republican campaign targets a state that has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election since 1972.
Trump’s team, citing internal polling, has suggested that Minnesota could likely be in play for the former president in November, Fox News reported. RealClearPolitics has labeled the state a “toss-up,” similar to the other vital midwestern states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
According to the St. Cloud Times, the Trump/Vance Minnesota rally is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. CT on Saturday at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Trump and Vance’s speeches are set to focus on the economy, law and order, and illegal immigration, the Trump campaign said.
In his statement announcing Vance as his running mate last week, Trump specifically mentioned Minnesota as a state the Midwestern senator could help him win, especially considering Vance’s focus on fighting for the working class and farmers.
“J.D. has had a very successful business career in Technology and Finance, and now, during the Campaign, will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond,” Trump said.
Former President Richard Nixon was the last Republican to win Minnesota in a presidential election 52 years ago. Even in Ronald Reagan’s blowout victory in 1984, Minnesota was the only state that went for the Democratic candidate, Walter Mondale, who had been a U.S. senator representing the state from 1964-76 and served as vice president from 1977-81.
Before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, Trump was within striking distance of an upset in Minnesota, according to the RCP average of polls that showed Biden at 45.7% and Trump at 42.7% in the state.
Biden’s exit from the race and Vice President Kamala Harris’ presumed nomination, however, could change the playing field. Trump’s Minnesota rally will come just six days after Biden announced via a letter posted on social media that he was ending his campaign.
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Former President Donald Trump and his newly tapped running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) are set to hold a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Saturday as the Republican campaign targets a state that has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election since 1972.
Trump’s team, citing internal polling, has suggested that Minnesota could likely be in play for the former president in November, Fox News reported. RealClearPolitics has labeled the state a “toss-up,” similar to the other vital midwestern states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
According to the St. Cloud Times, the Trump/Vance Minnesota rally is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. CT on Saturday at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Trump and Vance’s speeches are set to focus on the economy, law and order, and illegal immigration, the Trump campaign said.
In his statement announcing Vance as his running mate last week, Trump specifically mentioned Minnesota as a state the Midwestern senator could help him win, especially considering Vance’s focus on fighting for the working class and farmers.
“J.D. has had a very successful business career in Technology and Finance, and now, during the Campaign, will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond,” Trump said.
Former President Richard Nixon was the last Republican to win Minnesota in a presidential election 52 years ago. Even in Ronald Reagan’s blowout victory in 1984, Minnesota was the only state that went for the Democratic candidate, Walter Mondale, who had been a U.S. senator representing the state from 1964-76 and served as vice president from 1977-81.
Before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, Trump was within striking distance of an upset in Minnesota, according to the RCP average of polls that showed Biden at 45.7% and Trump at 42.7% in the state.
Biden’s exit from the race and Vice President Kamala Harris’ presumed nomination, however, could change the playing field. Trump’s Minnesota rally will come just six days after Biden announced via a letter posted on social media that he was ending his campaign.
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