 Tonight is caucus night. Voters from all over the state turned out to be heard in what's going to be a big year for Minnesota government. There's many big seats up for grabs in the Minnesota races. Many politicians from both sides are vying for the governor's seat. A special election is also being held this year to fill former Senator Al Franken seat. There's also four or more congressional races happening and of course plenty of local races as well. It's caucus night so we want a lot of discussion going on for each township that's here and talk about what they want to see and do. And they also propose resolutions for the state platform and what they want the Republican Party to represent them in Congress. At the caucuses, individuals were given the chance to speak up for the candidates they felt were best suited for the job. Both Democrats and Republicans are also getting ready for their county conventions coming up later this year. Delegates were chosen from the attendees in each of the groups tonight. And those delegates will be assigned to attend the nominating conventions which come up later on in June. Democracy is the foundation of our country and it's really important that everyone gets out and votes and participates because it's a right that we're granted and it's not available in a lot of other parts of the world. So we should take advantage of the right that we have. Both groups said they were hopeful for big turnouts in both the caucuses and the later conventions. Ballots were due tonight at 9.