Election Year	2013	2014	2016
Precinct Caucuses	----	02/04/14*	02/02/16*
Primary	08/13/13**	08/12/14**	08/09/16**
Election Day	11/05/13**	11/04/14**	11/08/16**
Offices on general election ballots statewide		U.S. Senator U.S. Representative State Representative Governor & Lt. Gov. Secretary of State State Auditor Attorney General	U.S. President & V.P. U.S. Representative State Senator State Representative
Offices that may also be on general election ballots	City Officers School Board Township Officers	County Commissioner County Auditor County Treasurer County Recorder County Sheriff County Attorney City Officers School Board Township Officers	County Commissioner City Officers School Board Township Officers

*Minnesota Statutes 202A.14, Subd. 1 (b) (2), provides that the first Tuesday in February is the day for major party precinct caucuses unless the chairs of the two largest major political parties jointly notify the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State of a different date by March 1 of the preceeding year.
**For state elections, most polling places open at 7:00 a.m.; a few polling places in small townships located outside the eleven-county metro area may open as late as 10:00 a.m. All polling places close at 8:00 p.m.