Bush-Cheney Minnesota Visits
from March 2, 2004 through Nov. 2, 2004  See Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.
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DC, LC 7/13  Minneapolis.
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GWB 8/4  Le Seuer, Mankato.
LB 8/10 St. Cloud.
GWB 8/18  St. Paul.
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DC, LC 9/6  St. Paul (Falcon Heights).
LB 9/9  Duluth, St. Paul.
GWB 9/16 bus tour: St. Cloud, (Anoka), Blaine, Rochester.
DC, LC 9/29  Lake Elmo, Duluth.






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GWB 10/9  Chanhassen.
DC 10/12  Rochester.
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DC 10/22  Rosemount.
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DC 10/28  International Falls.
GWB 10/30  Minneapolis.
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Bush/Cheney in Minnesota
The four principals invested some time in Minnesota, although significantly less than in neighboring Wisconsin and Iowa.  See also 4president.org.

GWB
DC
LB

Visits
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Eight months (March 2-Nov. 2, 2004): 8
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Prior to March 2, 2004:  7






N O V E M B E R
O C T O B E R
October 30
-GWB and LB hold a Victory 2004 rally with Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Tice at the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN.

October 28
-DC and LC participate in a Victory 2004 rally at Backus Auditorium in International Falls, MN.  [just south of the Canadian border]

October 25
-DC and LC hold a town hall meeting in the Alex Menzek Field House at Minnesota State University in Moorhead, MN.

October 22
-DC and LC participate in a Victory 2004 rally in the gymnasium at Rosemount Comunity Center in Rosemount, MN.

October 20
-GWB participates in a "Focus on the Economy with President Bush" event at Rochester Aviation hanger in Rochester, MN.

October 12
-DC (no info LC) participates in a Victory 2004 rally at Olmsted County Fairgrounds in Rochester, MN.

October 9
-GWB and LB at a Victory 2004 rally at Center City Park in Chanhassen, MN.  [Minneapolis suburb]  
S E P T E M B E R
September 29
-DC and LC participate in a Bush-Cheney '04 roundtable discussion at The Machine Shed in Lake Elmo, MN.
-DC and LC participate in a Bush-Cheney '04 town hall meeting at Cirrus Design Corporation in Duluth, MN.

September 16
President Bush does a bus tour in eastern Minnesota.
-Holds a rally at Dick Putz Field [home to the Northwoods League St. Cloud River Bats] in St. Cloud, MN.
Stops to pick up a carryout lunch (chicken salad sandwich) at the Brick House Deli in Anoka, MN.
-Participates in a "Focus on Health Care with President Bush" event in the National Sports Center Sports Hall in Blaine, MN.
-Holds a rally at Mayo Field [home to the Northwoods League Rochester Honkers] in Rochester, MN.
Returns to Washington, DC.

September 9
-LB delivers remarks at a Victory 2004 rally at Bayfront Park in Duluth, MN.
-LB attends a Victory 2004 dinner at a private residence in St. Paul, MN.  (Raises $325,000).

September 6
-DC and LC host a Bush-Cheney '04 town hall meeting at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds; DC then helped out at the Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar booth, in St. Paul (Falcon Heights), MN.

A U G U S T
August 18
-GWB concludes a Bush-Cheney '04 bus tour of western Wisconsin with a rally at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN.

August 10
-LB delivers remarks to women small business owners and supporters at Grubers Quilt Shop in Waite Park (St. Cloud), MN.

August 4
-GWB makes remarks on the Conservation Reserve Program at the Katzenmeyer Family Farm in Le Seuer, MN.
-GWB addresses a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at the Southern Minnesota Construction Company quarry in Mankato, MN.

J U L Y
July 17
-DC and LC attend a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN.

July 13
-GWB, accompanied by daughter Barbara, at a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at Duluth Entertainment Convention Center in Duluth, MN.

J U N E
June 18
-LB attends and delivers remarks at a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at the Star Tribune Grand Ballroom in St. Paul, MN.
M A Y

A P R I L
April 26
-GWB remarks at the American Association of Community Colleges' Annual convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN.
-GWB attends Victory 2004 luncheon at the home of real estate developer David Frauenshuh in Edina, MN.  (Raises $1 million).
8th visit as president
M A R C H

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