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In Minnesota, as in most states, the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes receives all of the state's electoral votes. In effect, Election Day voters cast their ballots, not for a presidential candidate, but for a slate of electors chosen by a political party.

Eight of Minnesota's electors were elected by delegates at each of the DFL's eight congressional district conventions. The two at-large electors were elected by delegates to the state DFL convention.

1st District: Chandler Harry Stevens, a retired businessman from Austin who once lived in Massachusetts and has the distinction of opposing John Kerry in the 1970s for a Democratic endorsement to Congress.

2nd District: Frank Simon, 60, a retired electrician from Chaska.

3rd District: Tim O'Brien, an Edina attorney.

4th District: Matthew Little, 83, a retired civil rights leader from Maplewood.

5th District: Everett Pettiford, 52, a Minneapolis union business agent.

6th District: Sonja Berg, 60, a St. Cloud City Council member.

7th District: Lil Ortedahl, a retired nurse from Osakis.

8th District: Vi Grooms-Alban, 72, a retired teacher from Cohasset

At-large: Michael Meuers, 60, a marketing consultant from Bemidji.

At-large: Jean Schiebel, 67, a homemaker and volunteer from Brooklyn Center.

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