Election Day photos: See inside polling places, watch parties across Minnesota
Children wait as a voter casts a ballot at the Open Book polling location on Election Day in Minneapolis, MN, on Nov. 5.
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Election Day is here and polls opened at 7 a.m. across Minnesota and will stay open until 8 p.m. MPR News photojournalists and reporters are out documenting the voting process.
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Trisha Cook (center) makes heart hands at Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan during the DFL election watch party at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel in St. Paul on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Joan and Greg Martineau cheer as North Carolina is called for Donald Trump during a Minnesota GOP watch party at the Mall of America Radisson Blu on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks to the press after winning her reelection at the Minnesota DFL election results watch party in St. Paul on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar is greeted with cheers as she takes the stage after securing her seat in the U.S. House’s fifth district at the Minnesota DFL election results watch party in St. Paul on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Minnesota DFL data intern Khoi Phan shows off his Harris Walz camo hat as election results play on screens reflected in his glasses during a results watch party in St. Paul on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Wendi Russo, who is running for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives in Eden Prairie’s District 49B, shows her jewelry and clutch during a Minnesota GOP watch party at the Mall of America Radisson Blu on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan speaks during the Minnesota DFL election results watch party in St. Paul on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Newly-elected third district Rep. Kelly Morrison delivers remarks during her victory speech at the Minnesota DFL election results watch party in St. Paul on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Stephanie Bajoreck, right, and Fiona McClear, left, watch the presidential election vote count on the big screen as election night winds down at Big Wood Brewery, Vandais Heights, Nov. 5.
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Carin Mrotz (center left) embraces Trish Cook, who is Anishinaabe, react as Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan speaks during the Minnesota DFL election results watch party in St. Paul on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Ronda Mathiowetz, left, and Rachel Kucera, both from Sleepy Eye, talk at a GOP Election Night watch party at the Sleepy Eye Event Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Phoebe Bakke, 7, plays with the different props at a Photo Booth at the DFL Election Night watch party in Mankato.
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Kelsey Peterson, a life-long supporter of the DFL, poses as Gov. Tim Walz at the DFL election watch party at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel in St. Paul on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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People watch results roll in during a Minnesota GOP watch party at the Mall of America Radisson Blu on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Ellen Guettler waves a flag reading “VOTE” on Lyndale Avenue on Election Day Tuesday.
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A pedestrian walks past get-out-the-vote signs on Election Day in downtown Minneapolis, MN on Nov. 5, 2024.
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A father holds their child while casting his vote on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at Calvary Community Church in St. Cloud.
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Voter Dana Mardock holds up an “I voted” sticker after casting a ballot at the Longfellow High School polling location in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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A woman votes in the general election at the Phillips Community Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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A voter inserts her ballot into a counting machine at the Longfellow High School polling location in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
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Election officials check in people who came to cast their votes Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at St. Augusta City Hall.
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A voter casts a ballot in the general election at the Church of Gichitwaa Kateri in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Mia Robinson, a first-time voter, accepts her "I voted" sticker as she leaves the polls in van Cleve Park in Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 5.
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A voter is handed the iconic sticker after placing their ballot into the machine at Lynden Town Hall on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
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Lucas Kubista, left, votes at Zachary Lane Elementary School in Plymouth, Minn., on Tuesday. Kubista said, "I feel like it's a pretty easy choice for me."
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A “vote here” sign stands outside the University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, on Tuesday.
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A voter deposits their ballot into a voting machine at the University of Minnesota’s Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, on Tuesday.
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A voter received his "I voted" sticker after casting a ballot at the Van Cleve Recreation Center on Tuesday, in Minneapolis. The polling place is in the Como neighborhood, home to many University of Minnesota students.
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Minnesotans headed to the Van Cleve Recreation Center on Tuesday, in Minneapolis, to vote in the 2024 presidential election.
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A poll worker assists a voter on Election Day at the Longfellow High School polling location in Minneapolis.
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An election official passes out an I Voted sticker to a voter in the National Guard Armory on Tuesday, November 5 in Mankato.
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Plymouth residents came to vote at Sonneysyn Elementary on a rainy Tuesday. "I think we'll have good results," said Chris, left, who declined to give his last name. "Not nervous whatsoever."
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Voters cast their ballots on Election Day at the Sabathani Community Center polling location in Minneapolis.
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Voting poll at University Lutheran Church of Hope in Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 5, 2024.
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Voters cast their ballots on Election Day at the Longfellow High School polling location in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
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An assistant head judge at the Van Cleve Recreation Center polling location keeps an eye on the voting process on Tuesday, in Minneapolis. The polling place is in the Como neighborhood, home to many University of Minnesota students.
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3rd District voters cast their vote in St. Joseph Catholic Community Parish Center in Plymouth, Minn., on Tuesday.
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Voters wait in line on Election Day at the First Universalist Church polling location in Minneapolis.
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Voters wait in line and cast ballots at the Cullen Hockey Center on Tuesday in Moorhead, Minn.
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