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Lindell received more than a third of the votes from an estimated 250 precinct caucus attendees in Detroit Lakes and Wolf Lake on Tuesday night, Feb. 3.
Republican grassroots activists across Iowa used Monday night's precinct caucuses to send an early signal of dissatisfaction with U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, the presumed front-runner in the open race for the GOP nomination for governor.
The GOP and DFL both held party caucuses and conducted straw polls for candidates for governor on Tuesday.
Holding straw polls with party insiders is risky, a political consultant said. “People don’t like seeing the cigar smoke-filled room.”