The 2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to
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John Mc Cain official portrait 2009
Palin speaking at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St Paul, Minnesota.
Lake of the Woods County is the northernmost county of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,763, making it the state's second-least populous county. Its county seat
2008 United States presidential election in Minnesota
…carried the state with 54.06% of the vote in 2008 over John McCain's 43.82%. Obama became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Lake of the Woods County, the first to do so without carrying Clearwater County since Woodrow Wilson in 1912, and the first to do so without carrying Anoka or Jackson Counties…
Sunset over Zippel Bay State Park, Lake of the Woods