Joe Biden Is Projected Winner Of MN Over Trump: Election Results

MINNESOTA — Democrat Joe Biden is the projected winner of Minnesota's 10 electoral votes, the Associated Press reports.

Biden is projected to win Minnesota despite the fact that Trump made it his own personal mission to win the state's 10 electoral votes on Election Day. Trump has been vocal about how close he came to winning Minnesota in 2016.

The Land of 10,000 Lakes hasn't broken for a Republican presidential candidate since 1972, but Trump lost to Hillary Clinton by less than 45,000 votes in 2016.

Trump's said in the past that "one more speech" would have made the difference in 2016. Since his election, the president has come to Minnesota more than a dozen times. Vice President Mike Pence, and Trump's own children, have also made numerous trips to state on behalf of the 2020 campaign.

Trump's COVID-19 case sparked concerns of spread at Minnesota rally

After Trump's Sept. 18 rally in Duluth, the state's Department of Health announced there was "potential risk" that the coronavirus was spread at a the speech and other events associated with the president in Minnesota.

The president, first lady Melania Trump and White House adviser Hope Hicks all tested positive for coronavirus in the days following the rally.

"Community transmission of COVID-19 was high in St. Louis County prior to this week's rally, and people attending the rally may have been infectious without realizing it," MDH said Friday.

Trump put Rep. Ilhan Omar, refugees at focus in Minnesota

At his last campaign rally in the state, Trump again went after one of his favorite targets. Trump attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar, accusing her of "corruption" and being "crooked," and referenced unverified claims that she is connected to an illegal ballot harvesting scheme.

Trump also said Joe Biden would turn the state of Minnesota into a "refugee camp." Trump's remarks prompted rallygoers to chant "lock her up."

Trump attacked Omar earlier in September during his rally in Bemidji, suggesting she wasn't an American.

Omar, 37, came to the United States as a Somali refugee and became a U.S. citizen at the age of 17.

In 2018, she became the first Somali-American member of Congress. She also became one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress. She easily won her 2020 primary, despite a strong challenge from fellow Democrat Antone Melton-Meaux.

"I fled civil war when I was 8," Omar responded to Trump on Twitter in September. "An 8-year-old doesn't run a country even though you run our country like one."

The Council on American-Islamic Relations have condemned Trump's comments as "racist and xenophobic."

This article originally appeared on the Southwest Minneapolis Patch