Watch Stream: President Trump Rally In Duluth, Minnesota

DULUTH, MN — President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at a "Make America Great Again" rally in Duluth, Minnesota Wednesday evening. Previously planned for the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, the event was moved to Amsoil Arena due to "high demand," according to Minnesota Republican Party chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan.

The rally will begin at 6:30 p.m. central. Doors opened to long lines out the door at 3:30 p.m.

It will be Trump's first Minnesota visit during his presidency.

Prior to the rally, Trump participated in a roundtable discussion in Duluth on "Protecting American Workers," where he met with local mining and steel workers. "We're winning Minnesota next time," Trump told the group.

Why is Trump making a stop in Duluth? It's the largest city in one of the most competitive congressional districts in the country this year. Trump won Minnesota's 8th Congressional District in 2018, but voters there also reelected Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan.

Nolan is leaving his seat in 2019, and Republicans are hopeful they can reclaim the district in the November midterm elections. Republican candidate Pete Stauber won the party's endorsement for the race in May, and he is expected to meet with Trump Wednesday.

Democratic delegates failed to nominate a candidate during the party's statewide convention in April. Minnesota's primary elections will be held Aug. 14.

The primarily working class district is home to Minnesota's Iron Range. Minnesota is the largest producer of iron ore and taconite in the United States, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

Trump's last rally in Minnesota was held two days before the 2016 election. A reliably blue state in presidential elections, Trump lost Minnesota by fewer than 45,000 votes.

Two Senate races in Minnesota

Minnesota's Al Franken resigned from the U.S. Senate in January amid a slew of sexual misconduct allegations against him. Franken's resignation triggered a special election to be held Nov. 6, 2018, meaning that in addition to the state's open race for governor, both of Minnesota's Democratically-held Senate seats will be on the ballot.

Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to Franken's seat to serve until Election Day. However, with no traditional incumbent, Republicans will see the race as a unique opportunity to capture at least one of the state's Senate seats.

The Republican-endorsed candidate running for Franken's seat, Karin Housley, is planning to speak at Wednesday's rally before Trump takes the stage.

Two-term Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar is also running for reelection, though most analysts believe she is likely to retain her seat.

Absent from the June 20 rally

While a number of Minnesota Republicans use Trump's visit to lift their own public profile, one of the state's top GOP lawmakers won't be in attendance. U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, who represents the suburbs west of Minneapolis, recently condemned the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families crossing the southwestern border.

"Working in DC today to get votes on legislation that ends the unconscionable practice of separating kids from their parents at the border and gives certainty to DACA recipients," he wrote on Twitter Wednesday. "It's what Minnesotans sent me here to do."

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