could become alternates and fill in for delegates who cannot attend the BPOU convention. BPOU conventions A BPOU has boundaries based on the county or state senate district a voter resides in. The majority of these took place in March 2022. Elected delegates of each BPOU attended a convention relating to their district to vote on the resolutions passed at the caucus, complete party business, listen to candidates, and elect delegates to the state convention and their corresponding U.S. House District convention. State convention The Republican State Convention was held on May 13–14, 2022 in Rochester. 2,200 delegates were elected statewide to decide the Minnesota Republican Party's endorsement in all statewide offices. The endorsed candidate receives the party's backing, including money and resources, ahead of the August 9 primary. Only one Republican, incumbent Governor Arne Carlson in 1994, has won the primary without the party's endorsement. (Two Democrats, Mark Dayton and Tim Walz, won the Democratic primary against endorsed candidates.) At the convention, Scott Jensen won the endorsement with 65% of the vote on the ninth ballot, defeating Kendall Qualls. Mike Murphy, Paul Gazelka, and Neil Shah were eliminated on earlier ballots. All the candidates who contested the endorsement pledged to forego the primary if not endorsed. Qualls soon honored his pledge by announcing his plans to "return to private life." Rich Stanek, the only major candidate who did not compete for the endorsement, did not file for the primary, leaving Jensen without major opposition. He faced two minor candidates in the August primary. Endorsements Results Independents and others Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis primary Candidates Nominee Steve Patterson, anti-lockdown activist Matt Huff Eliminated in primary Darrell Paulsen, business consultant, nominee for lieutenant governor in 1998 Edwin Engelmann, nominee for lieutenant governor in 2010 Results Legal Marijuana Now primary Candidates Nominee James McCaskel, community organizer and BLM activist David Sandbeck, activist and candidate for Minnesota's 4th congressional district in 2020 Eliminated in primary Chris Wright, perennial candidate L.C. Lawrence Converse Results Other parties Gabrielle M. Prosser, restaurant worker (Socialist Workers) Kevin A. Dwire, perennial candidate Hugh McTavish, scientist, entrepreneur and author (Independence-Alliance Party) Mike Winter, commercial driver, podcast host, Teamster Union steward and candidate for mayor of Minneapolis in 2021 Withdrew Cory Hepola, former WCCO Radio host (Forward Party) Tamara Uselman, school administrator Brandon Millholland-Corcoran Declined Tom Bakk, state senator and DFL candidate for governor in 2010 Christopher Chamberlin, candidate for governor, Senate,