2024 in Minnesota

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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Minnesota .

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Tim Walz (D)

Events

• February 18 – 2024 Burnsville shooting: Two police officers and a paramedic are killed while responding to a domestic dispute in Burnsville. The perpetrator is also killed. ^[1]
• March 5 – Super Tuesday:
  • The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Minnesota amongst other states. ^[2]
  • The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Minnesota amongst other states. ^[3]
• May 30 – 2024 Minneapolis shooting: Four people, including a police officer, are killed in a mass shooting in Minneapolis. ^[4]
• June 24 – Officials in Blue Earth County issue an evacuation warning due to flooding on the Blue Earth River breaching the Rapidan Dam, pushing it into an "imminent failure condition" upstream of several cities. ^[5]
• August 6 – Presumptive Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris selects Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate. ^[6]
• September 1 – Two people are killed and four more injured during a vehicle-ramming attack outside a restaurant in Minneapolis. ^[7]

See also

• 2024 in the United States

References

1. "2 officers, 1 first responder killed at the scene of a domestic call in Minnesota; suspect dead". AP News. February 18, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
2. "What is Super Tuesday and why does it matter?". ABC News. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
3. "What is Super Tuesday and why does it matter?". ABC News . March 5, 2024.
4. "A 4th person dies of injuries in Minneapolis shooting that also killed an officer". AP News. June 9, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
5. "Iowa floodwaters breach levees as even more rain dumps onto parts of the Midwest". AP News. June 25, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
6. Powell, Aditi Sangal, Paul LeBlanc, Michelle Shen, Elise Hammond, Piper HudspethBlackburn, Tori B. (August 6, 2024). "Kamala Harris names Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her VP pick | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
7. "2 dead and 4 injured after man drives his car through restaurant patio in Minnesota". AP News. September 2, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2024.