Fact check: Did Mpls. defund police? It depends on how you define 'defund'

Meanwhile, Trump's Democratic opponent Joe Biden had his first campaign visit in Minnesota. During his low-key stop at a union building in Duluth, he said Trump has sowed division and discord that will make it hard to rebound from the pandemic and talked about what he would do as president to support workers and other Americans during an economically difficult time.

Early voting begins, with more than 1 million Minnesotans requesting absentee ballots. Today was the first day Minnesotans were able to vote for the November general election. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon predicts one-third or more of Minnesota voters — at least a million of us — are expected to vote ahead of Nov. 3. As of Friday morning, 1,070,486 voters have requested an absentee ballot this year. To put it in context, just shy of 680,000 voters cast absentee ballots in 2016 out of about 3 million total votes.