President Obama coming to Minnesota on June 1

Details of the visit, which is to be in the Twin Cities, are still being worked out

May 3, 2012 at 6:04PM
President Barack Obama speaks about the Buffett Rule, Wednesday, April 11, 2012, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.
President Barack Obama (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

President Barack Obama will be coming to Minnesota on June 1, according to sources.

The details of the president's visit are still being worked.

The visit will come the day before the DFL starts its state convention in Rochester, Minn.

Unlike previous years, Minnesota is not considered a battleground state. The president broke recent cycles' pattern of close presidential elections by winning the state in 2008 with a 10 percentage point margin and still has relatively high approval ratings.

Obama was last in Minnesota for a Midwest bus tour that went from Cannon Falls down to Iowa and over to Illinois.

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