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If the Republican caucus straw poll is super-duper close Tuesday, as some suspect it will be, Minnesota won't get to use its well-worn recount skills.
Pat Shortridge, chair of the state Republican Party, said there are no caucus recount plans.
"You've got to make sure that everybody's tabulated their information correctly," Shortridge said. "I have confidence we can do both: get it done quickly enough … yet at the same time have the data that's accurate."
You can track caucus results, along with us on Twitter, at StarTribune.com and on the Secretary of State's site.
