Politics & Government
How Did the Caucuses Go Last Time?
It was Romney's race in 2008 — at least in Hopkins and most of Minnesota.
Going in to tonight’s caucuses, Mitt Romney lags a couple points behind Rick Santorum, according to Public Policy Polling analysis conducted Saturday. Yet Minnesota was good to the Republican frontrunner in 2008.
Romney led the Republican pack with 41.4 percent of the vote in the presidential preference ballot conducted at the 2008 caucuses. He also defeated eventual nominee John McCain in Hopkins and in Senate District 44.
With the Republican race in Minnesota a statistical dead heat—Santorum's two-point lead is within the ±4.8 percent margin of error—here’s a look at how things shook out the last time Minnesotans headed to the caucuses.
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Republican
Hopkins Senate District 44 Minnesota Mike Huckabee 32 147 12,493 Alan Keyes 0 0 368 John McCain 63 316 13,826 Ron Paul 44 184 9,852 Mitt Romney 90 447 25,990 Write-in 0 11 299
DFL
Hopkins Senate District 44 Minnesota Joe Biden 2 4 129 Hillary Clinton 270 2,022 68,994 Chris Dodd 0 0 77 John Edwards 6 26 985 Dennis Kucinich 1 15 361 Frank Lynch 0 2 17 Barack Obama 655 4,214 142,109 Bill Richardson 1 5 82 Uncommitted 7 30 1,312
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Green Party
Senate District 44 Cynthia McKinney 2 Kat Swift 2 Undecided 1
Constitution Party
Senate District 44 Jerome Corsi 1 Mike Huckabee 3 Alan Keyes 3 Ron Paul 65 Mitt Romney 2 Undecided 7 Other 1Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.