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Clinton Makes Last-Second Super Tuesday Stops In MN

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Hillary Clinton made surprise stops at a couple of Minnesota businesses on Super Tuesday.

Clinton has not been to Minnesota in person in almost three weeks, instead sending surrogates like her daughter, Chelsea.

Her rival, Bernie Sanders, was in Minnesota Monday and over the weekend.

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Clinton's campaign announced late Monday night that she would be making two surprise stops in Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon.

The former secretary of state first stopped at Mapps Cafe in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood near the University of Minnesota campus. She then headed briefly to the Midtown Global Market.

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Customers everywhere were shocked to see her, and many bystanders from around the neighborhood stopped by once word spread.

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Clinton posed for pictures and grabbed a latte with Gov. Mark Dayton, but she made little mention of Bernie Sanders, instead taking on Republicans in the race.

"I'm just speaking out against bigotry and bullying wherever I hear it, and I hear a lot of it from the Republican candidates," Clinton said. "They seem to have forgotten completely about issues and they're now running their campaigns based on insults."

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Gov. Dayton says caucuses are all about who shows up, and there a lot of impediments for voters to show up.

"Caucuses are [about] turnout, you know. If this were a primary I'd be very confident that she would be victorious decisively," Dayton said. "But, you know, caucuses are who turn out. It's the weather, you know, who's not working at 6:30 tonight."

Dayton says he will be caucusing for Clinton Tuesday night at St. Paul Central High School. Clinton will spend the evening in Florida.

Sen. Sanders earned the endorsement of Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, and will be spending the evening in his home state of Vermont.

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