About this data Note: Individual poll results are shown as circles for each candidate. Polls with greater weight in the average have larger circles. Some state averages started later in 2024 because of a lack of sufficient early polling. Source: Averages by The New York Times; polls collected by FiveThirtyEight and The Times.

A presidential race like no other seems like a farfetched fiction novel after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy explores the future of the race amid calls for unity and Trump's gaining momentum in Democratic stronghold states.

Several high-profile Democrats have started calling for President Joe Biden to drop his re-election bid in the weeks since his disastrous debate with former President Donald Trump, who on Thursday officially the Republican presidential nomination during the party's convention in Wisconsin.

GOP leaders are promoting early voting this year as a means to get Trump elected. They're also calling for future restrictions, such as a return to same-day voting.

Minnesota's delegation to the Republican National Convention pumped their firsts into the air and chanted "Fight!" alongside thousands of other conservatives at the party's national convention here on Monday,

Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota delivered a primetime speech at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, predicting Minnesota will pick a GOP presidential candidate for the first time since 1972.

Emmer, R-6 th District, was part of a lineup of House GOP leaders that included House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., chair of the House Republican Conference.

GOP U.S. Senate candidate Royce White had a nearly three-to-one campaign cash advantage over his chief primary rival as of the end of June, though both raised far less than most leading U.S. House candidates.

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A law passed by the Minnesota Legislature will provide more polling places on college campuses to make voting easier for students.

Among Minnesota’s delegates to the Republican National Convention are two newly-elected members of the Republican National Committee.